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Earlier today, ITI testified at the House Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing on “Strategic Petroleum Reserve Discussion Draft and Title IV Energy Efficiency.” Rona Newmark of EMC Corp served as our expert witness. ITI’s testimony focused on urging rapid enactment of the “Energy Efficient Government Technology Act" (EEGTA). EEGTA would increase productive federal government use of energy-efficient [...]
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This week the House of Representatives will consider two cybersecurity threat information sharing bills on the floor: the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560), and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (H.R. 1731). We commend the House for its action in this area, and ITI will consider scoring votes in support of both bills in our 114th Congressional Voting Guide. As the leading [...]
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California legislators are examining the state’s track record in implementing large information technology (IT) projects, some of which have been plagued with significant problems, following a state audit report evaluating the California Department of Technology’s (CalTech) oversight role over large information technology (IT) projects. Hopefully, this will be a springboard for Sacramento to address [...]
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When we surf the Internet, conduct e-commerce, or send emails and texts, we often don’t think about the tremendous work or resources going on behind the scenes to protect the networks and information we routinely use to connect and accomplish our daily tasks. Those networks are constantly besieged by increasingly sophisticated cyber criminals, and voluntary cybersecurity threat information sharing [...]
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Earlier today, Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) reintroduced the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (EEGTA). They were joined by Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), David McKinley (R-W.Va.), and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.). The bill is designed to help the federal government harness information technologies and data centers for improved energy performance and efficiency. It will also [...]
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Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania offered his budget address yesterday and took a page from ITAPS’ Innovation Strategy to streamline procurement processes and partner with private industry. In the address, Wolf called more attention to his newly formed Governor’s Office of Transformation, Innovation, Management and Efficiency (GO-TIME). GO-TIME is charged with identifying methods to streamline government [...]
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From 3-D printing to cloud computing and information technology (IT) services, Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) in his State of the State address recognized that these cutting-edge technologies must have a home in Ohio. “They just can’t be somewhere else,” Kasich said. Gov. Kasich, following the scripts of other governors this year, focused on lowering state income taxes and investing more dollars in [...]
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Because the Internet plays such a critical role in our lives, the idea of a free and open Internet became a flash point for Americans to send millions of comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That same sentiment courses through the technology industry. Many of our companies could have never been founded, never thrived, nor had the significant impact of improving our society and growing [...]
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The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) has launched its second year with the same energy and ambition that grew it from ITI’s public sector advocacy startup into the most respected industry voice for information technology (IT) contractors. The past few months have ushered in a 25 percent uptick in membership as we welcomed Adobe, Boeing, Deloitte, Honeywell, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, and Lockheed [...]
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Tomorrow the White House is hosting a summit at Stanford University on the important topic of cybersecurity. Silicon Valley is a fitting backdrop and there will be high level participation from both CEOs and leaders from many of the companies who have long been leading cybersecurity advancements. We welcome this engagement and hope it will expand the dialogue to reinforce the notion that we all have [...]
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