This week in Technically News: AWS WorkSpaces May Spark Federal Demand for Desktop-as-a-Service; Agency CIOs Thinking Smarter as IT Spending Declines; Congress Embarks on Government IT Reform; How Federal Cybersecurity Measures Can Apply to Healthcare; DLT Builds Navy New Portal to Manage Oracle Tools.

In this week's Technically News: 11 Concerning Cybersecurity Stats About the Federal Government; A Few Places Where Government Tech Procurement Works; Why Public Sector Gets Technology Wrong; Agencies Widen Open-Source Use; Who's in Charge? Cybersecurity: State vs. Federal Roles.

In this week's Technically News: Federal Agencies Lagging on IT Savings Mandate; 9 Trends for 2014 & Beyond; Users Offer 10 Security Tips to IT Staff; Is FedRAMP Working? It Better; Government Agencies Have No Way of Warning Each Other About a Cyber Attack

In this week's Technically News: The Danger of Cybersecurity 'Ghettos'; Federal Tiger Team Crafted Mobile Security Guidelines; Mellanox Optimizes Network Gear for OpenStack; Why We Need Digital Government Strategy 2.0; Federal Agencies Advised To Brace For Big Data; DLT, NetApp Unveil Cloud Storage Suite for Govt Market.

Federal agencies must find new and more efficient ways to deliver citizen services, boost employee productivity, optimize operations, and protect their systems and data. This year’s theme, "Empowering Modern and Secure Government” will focus on strategies for simplifying I.T. - so organizations can free up limited resources for use in much-needed innovation.

This week in Technically News: What To Do When Your Computer Gets Kidnapped By Ransomware; Why the US Government Needs a “Digital Core”; Google or Microsoft? Army Users Get Choice; 8 Areas for Improvement in Securing Critical Infrastructure; Stabilizing DHS Cybersecurity Leadership

This week in Technically News: IaaS Performance Benchmarks Part 2: AWS; CryptoLocker, Kegotip, Medfos Malware Triple-Threat; How Government IT Uses Virtualization to Lock Down Clouds; State CIO Scramble to Keep Pace with Technology; 7 Keys to More Modern & Secure Government.

This week in Technically News: NC Government Center Seeks Better IT Management; Cybersecurity Help Wanes Due to Government Shutdown; Should CIOs Be Worried About the Federal Shutdown?; Infrastructure Cybersecurity: Carrots and Sticks; How Analytics is Making NYC’s Streets and Buildings Safer.

This week in Technically News: Shutdown Heightens Cybersecurity Risks, Feds Warn; Symantec Knocks Half a Million Computers Out of the ZeroAccess Botnet; Budget Worries Grow for Government IT Leaders; Why IT's Economics Revolution Is More Than OpEx and CapEx; Your Fragile Supply Chain: Fatal to Business.

This week in Technically News: The State Worker: Lessons from Ohio’s State Tech Project; States Test New Credentialing Approaches; Observations From This Year’s NSA Open Source Industry Day; GAO: Agencies Can’t Get FISMA Just Right; CIOs See Big Data as Internet-like Innovation Platform for Government; Could Agencies Avoid Disaster in a Nirvanix-like Cloud Shutdown?