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Thursday, July 11, 2013 MUST READ Microsoft's Launches 'Smart Cities' Initiative Microsoft's CityNext aims to help cities use cloud services and big data to cut costs and improve services. Obama Reboots Technology Mission To Improve Government President's second-term management agenda focuses on tapping private sector talent to help the government improve its services. HHS Releases Health IT Safety Plan Public/private partnerships should make it easier to report health IT-related adverse events and correct potential patient safety concerns. NASA Mars 2020 Rover Details Emerge Curiosity's successor will have a similar design but better instruments for detecting signs of past life on Mars. Big Data Project Analyzes Veterans' Suicide Risk In opt-in project, predictive analytics firm mines social media posts to predict suicidal risks of military veterans. Cisco Network Upgrade Aids Florida Law Enforcement Florida Highway Patrol's move to new network systems cut video upload times by 90%, connected officers across the state and cut $1.2 million in overtime pay. FCC Needs To Be A Spectrum Hero FCC must ensure the spectrum auction is fair to all wireless carriers, from the smallest to AT&T and Verizon, or we all lose. Defense Dept. MDM Contract Awarded Digital Management Inc. will get up to $16 million to build the Defense Department's mobile device management system and mobile application store. MORE GOVERNMENT NEWS   FEATURED REPORTS and FEATURED WHITEPAPERS Strategy: FISMA Lifts All Compliance Boats FISMA may not be on your radar now, but it likely will be at some point. Geared specifically toward the federal government and its affiliate agencies and third parties, FISMA is a very specific set of requirements aimed at establishing ... Research: Federal Government Cloud Computing Survey Our 2011 respondents report a big jump in the number of agencies tapping into the cloud or planning to within 12 months. And their expanding options are no longer limited to public and private clouds. MORE REPORTS There is No Security Silver Bullet, but What if... You know it: there is no silver bullet for today's IT security challenges. I mean no disrespect for industry security vendors. The security industry is working fast and furious to keep pace with a wild environment and ever-changing threat landscape. ... IBM Platform Symphony Government The drive to capitalize on big data in government is strong, yet the influx of this data is presenting new challenges for IT departments. MORE WHITEPAPERS   MOST POPULAR NEWS 10 Top Password Managers Tired of being stuck in password hell? Consider these password managers that balance security with convenience. Big Data Analytics Master's Degrees: 20 Top Programs These one-year and two-year graduate programs are just what's needed to close the big-data talent gap. Read on to find a school that fits your ambitions and background. IBM And Big Data Disruption: Insider's View IBM's Bob Picciano, general manager of Information Management, talks up five big data use cases, Hadoop-driven change; slams SAP Hana, NoSQL databases. Microsoft Preaches XP Conversion Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is eagerly charging toward a "devices and services" future. First, he'll have to take care of more than 160 million users who are stuck on Windows XP. 8 Free, Must-Have Windows 8 Apps These free Windows 8 apps will help you and your business bootstrap your way to using Microsoft's new OS productively. MORE NEWS     WEBCASTS Ease into the Cloud with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 No one understands the cloud better than Red Hat. We have been helping customers leverage the cloud longer than anyone. And we understand that your application platforms need to support your entire range of provisioning options—including your existing on-premise ... Bring the power of virtualization to mission critical application delivery Every agency is under pressure to reduce costs while at the same time increasing the amount of development. Legal and regulatory changes, mobile directives, enterprise modernization, and technology upgrades have to be implemented to meet end user and constituent needs. ... MORE WEBCASTS   This e-mail was sent to sojo.blo@gmail.com InformationWeek Government -- Published By InformationWeek 600 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 To update your profile, change your e-mail address, or unsubscribe, click here. Thoughts about this newsletter? Give us feedback. Keep This Newsletter Out Of Your SPAM Folder Don't let future editions of go missing. 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