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January 30, 2012 |
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Aneesh For Lt. Gov? |
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| Join us for our Back To Business Schmooze & Style-O-Rama on Monday, January 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres from The Galleria’s premier restaurants, an open bar and music! Find out more and register here. |
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| What will resigning federal CTO do next? We're up for some speculation. One Democratic spokesman sees signs pointing to a run for Virginia office. |
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| It hasn’t reached the “official” level yet, an unnamed party spokesperson tells us, but there are "signs that it’s happening." Some industry sources wonder if the President will replace Aneesh, who announced his resignation Friday, at this point in his term in an election year. Aneesh, who previously served as Virginia's secretary of tech, has until early February to shed his CTO duties, but he’ll be participating in Startup Virginia in Arlington Tuesday morning and Startup DC’s launch in the evening at GeekEasy. Who do you think should replace Aneesh? Send recommendations to tech editor Tania Anderson. |
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| Mobile Gov Baby Steppin' |
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| DISA mobility lead Greg Youst helps DOD migrate to a mobile world. At our Future of Mobile event last week, he said one hurdle is making sure devices are not so secure that they can’t be actually used. Over-the-air communications is a major security concern, along with intercepted text messages. The ultimate plan is for military services to get a phone and tablet, taking the phone and the PC off the desk. Part of what slows Greg down is his own government’s slow approvals of security requirements. Right now DISA only has one approved Android phone, but the agency is talking to Apple about tackling its products' security risks. (One thing we know: if Google changes the military's privacy policy, it'll get 4 million e-mails about it. Or is that just us?) |
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| GSA Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies mobile director Gwynne Kostin says agencies are asking about mobile apps to provide direct services to the public. The government already uses several, including one that tells a visually-impaired person a US bill’s value. A National Park Service app gives users info about tourist attractions and what’s nearby through the phone’s camera. And an IRS apps allows tax filers to track their refund. She says the approach is less about the actual device and more about just making gov info more mobile and agnostic of where it’s appearing. |
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| Agencies are developing BYOD policies, but Gwynne says it’s only baby steps. “When you’re looking at mission critical applications and getting closer to the network, we’re not there yet,” says Gwynne. One of the biggest BYOD issues, aside from security, is whether the agency has the right to wipe out someone’s personal data on the phone. DISA is looking to industry to develop a way to kill cell phones after they’re lost or if a password attempt fails a certain number of times. (One man who'd champion that process, Anthony Weiner, is no longer in Congress.) Gwynne and Greg were joined by AirWatch government solutions director Mark Williams (moderator) and Oceus Networks president Doug Smith. |
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| Compared to the world, we’re not the leaders in device manufacturing but certainly apps, says Doug. A decade ago the industry thought the money was to be made on the infrastructure side, but the real money is in devices and apps. Doug's company, which sells a full 4G LTE network in a box, is also seeing money bringing commercial broadband cell tech to DOD and the battlefield. He says doing so will save the agency $10B over several years. |
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| ARE THE FOOD TRUCKS LEAVING? |
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| It may look like a mass exodus in this picture, but we're getting more food trucks, not less. To find out which celebrity chef will be starting his (or her) own truck, read Dining Bisnow. And then subscribe. It's free! |
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| Send news and story ideas to reporter Tania Anderson, tania.anderson@bisnow.com. |
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