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• Spammers abuse .gov URL shortener service in work-at-home scams

  Spammers have found a way to abuse a URL shortener service destined for U.S. government social media activities in order to craft rogue .gov URLs for work-at-home scams.

• Steven VanRoekel will succeed Kundra as US CIO

  Steven VanRoekel, formerly managing director at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, will succeed Vivek Kundra as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the U.S. federal government, The New York Times reports.

• Federal government forms IT advisory group to advance digital education

  The Federal Government has sought assistance from the IT sector after announcing the formation of a new expert advisory group for digital education.

• India has issued 9.5 million digital identity numbers

  India has issued digital identities to about 9.5 million people so far, and plans to step up enrollment to 1 million a day from October, the head of the agency issuing the biometric identities said on Thursday at a conference in Bangalore.

• CeBIT 2011: Clinical leadership is key to e-health success: CIO

  Clinical leadership is key to maximising the benefits and success of e-health projects, according to Queensland Health CIO, Ray Brown.

• Twitter users track power outages in India

  Electric power cuts in India are frequent and all over the country. But information on the extent of the problem has been largely anecdotal.

• DSD releases Cloud computing guide for agencies

  Australian intelligence agency Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) has urged government agencies to conduct a risk assessment to determine the viability of Cloud computing technology before jumping head first.
  

• Group protests proposed cuts in e-gov't transparency efforts

  A U.S. government budget for 2011 being considered in Congress would make huge cuts to the budget for President Barack Obama's transparency programs, including websites where residents can track government spending and examine data from federal agencies.

• IBM uses mobile web to aid illiterate job-hunters

  IBM is deploying its voice-based web technology in India to enable illiterate people in the state of Karnataka to find jobs by talking on their mobile phones.

• Technology takes a place in Uganda elections

  Technology has taken a central role in Uganda’s electoral process, with SMS campaigns, websites, so-called robocalls, and even a presidential rap on YouTube playing a part in political campaigns concluding this week ahead of elections today.

• Competition aims to make cybergeeks cool

  A new cybersecurity competition for high school students aims to make cybergeeks as cool as sports stars, in addition to identifying a new generation of security experts, said one of the people involved in the effort.

• NYC installs virtual suggestion box

  New York City is harnessing the power of employee-based collaborative filtering to solicit new ways to save money and improve city government.

• Tech CEOs tell US gov't how to cut $1 trillion from deficit

  The U.S. government can save more than $US1 trillion over the next 10 years by consolidating its IT infrastructure, reducing its energy use and moving to more Web-based citizen services, a group of tech CEOs said in a report released Wednesday.

• Victorian government to build private cloud

  The Victorian government has entered into a contract to provide private cloud computing services across government agencies and has pledged to create 100 new jobs as part of the project.

• IBM pushes industry framework for 'smarter' government

  A full year into its 'smarter planet' initiative, IT behemoth IBM is now pushing nations to adopt its government industry framework, which seeks to translate the same streamlined processes found in most enterprises into the public sector.