federal government

Former CIO of the United States Vivek Kundra Joins Salesforce.com

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 16 at 9:42 am PT

The cloud-evangelizing former U.S. CIO takes a job running emerging markets for Salesforce.com.

Obama: Don’t Worry Internet, I Got Your Back on That SOPA Thing

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 14 at 4:00 pm PT

The White House signals that it doesn’t like the controversial SOPA bill. Here’s one writer who’s not the least bit surprised.

Harry Reid’s Plan to Save America From Default Using Wireless Spectrum

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 29, 2011 at 7:45 am PT

A key piece of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s debt-reduction plan calls for raising billions of dollars from wireless spectrum auctions.

Obama: I Want YOU to Crash John Boehner’s Web Server

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 26, 2011 at 9:40 am PT

Last night the president of the United States asked Americans to contact their representatives in Congress about the stalemate in Washington over the debt ceiling. Oh boy, did they ever respond.

Federal CIO Kundra Decamps for Greener Pastures of Harvard

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 16, 2011 at 12:59 pm PT

The cloud-crazy CIO of the United States says he’s leaving government to be a fellow at Harvard University. We offer an early appraisal of his two years in the nation’s service.

Vivek Kundra On Pushing the Federal Government Cloudward

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on May 25, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The CIO of the United States oversees the biggest IT budget on the planet. He has a plan to move 78 different government IT projects to cloud-based services and save at least $5 billion within one year. He shared his list with us, and we’re sharing it with you.

Seven Questions for Doug Hauger, Head of Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 11, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The man who runs Microsoft’s cloud explains how it’s different from other clouds out there, and how companies are using it not only to save on IT costs, but to do things they couldn’t do before.

Feds Give Google Permission to Take Off With ITA, But With Concessions

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 8, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

The Feds have given Google clearance to take off with the airline search software concern ITA, but only after the search giant has agreed to set a concessions.

Congress Is Officially Paying Attention to the Epsilon Breach

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 7, 2011 at 1:46 pm PT

Have no fear, you consumers worried about the Epsilon data breach. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, and other members of Congress, are on the case.

Video: Vivek Kundra, CIO Of United States, Talks IT Spending

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on March 17, 2011 at 4:11 am PT

What would you do with an $80 billion IT budget? That’s Vivek Kundra’s job. In a White House video, he talks about how the government reviewed its IT spending priorities in an attempt get projects running late and over budget under control.