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Mobile applications gain ground
Developer-friendly platforms help produce programs that take advantage of what smart phones can do.

Study: Hiring flexibilities produce talent
In a new study done by the Office of Personnel Management, government managers say using hiring flexibilities is more effective in hiring quality employees than traditional methods.

BIA begins phased reconnection to the Internet
A federal judge lifts a court order that kept employees at the Bureau of Indian Affairs offline for seven years.

Mac laptops present encryption challenge
NIH, among other agencies, is waiting for a NIST-approved encryption solution for Apple Mac laptops.

Encryption roulette
NIH’s CIO says the agency doesn’t have answers yet to all the challenges of safeguarding data on mobile computing devices.

Smart phones, smart leadership?
Management becomes a 24/7 job when executives, managers and supervisors get BlackBerrys.

Government enters the blogosphere
TSA and other pioneering agencies identify best practices for using blogs and other social-networking applications.

FlipSide: A few minutes with...Robert Carey
Carey, the first government CIO blogger, talks about the challenges and benefits of blogging.

Buzz of the Week: Wowed by Virtual Alabama
Alabama’s Homeland Security Department has developed a low-cost Web 2.0 “mash up” application that users can tailor to their needs.

OMB unveils plan to speed security clearances
A proposal from a joint team lays out a general approach to security clearance reform during the next eight months.

On the front lines of the cyberwar
Estonia learned firsthand about the legal and diplomatic ramifications of cyberthreats.

CIO: Young workers create new headaches
Molly O’Neill says the social media can bridge the gap between young and old feds.