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FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

Robert Brese, chief information officer at the Energy Department, described in a new blog post how the agency has made it easier to find alternative-fuel stations.

The National Information Exchange Model Program plans to release the third version of the model in beta next month, Executive Director Donna Roy said in an interview with FedScoop.

The federal technology community celebrates the 1-year anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy, plus we preview FedTalks.

The federal government has been given its “permission slip to innovate,” U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel said Thursday when discussing the 1-year anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy.

The federal government celebrated the 1-year anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy on Thursday, highlighting the initiatives and programs developed over the past year. To help make sense of the different projects, FedScoop has created a guide that sums up the progress following the release of the framework.

Former U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra sat down with FedScoop Radio on Wednesday to discuss the latest in his career, the emergence of cloud computing in governments around the world and his outlook on the future of computing.

The Defense Department will seek a commercial solution for electronic health records instead of adopting the Veterans Affairs Department’s own Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture otherwise known as VistA.

The General Services Administration announced the awarding of a new governmentwide blanket purchase agreement that will allow the federal government to consolidate its wireless service plans and centralize management.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

The scoop with MyDCStyle founder and Capella Hotel stylist, April Yvonne.

Today, Forbes paid tribute to female role models around the world, ranking the 100 most powerful women politicians, entrepreneurs, media moguls, technologists, CEOs, celebrities and more by the money they bring in, their media momentum and impact.

President Barack Obama intends to nominate Dan Tangherlini as administrator of the General Services Administration, according to a May 22 release from the White House.

The federal Chief Information Officers Council, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security, will soon publish a concept of operations to implement continuous monitoring in the federal government, Deputy U.S. CIO Lisa Schlosser told Management of Change conference attendees.

FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community.

Amazon Web Services became the first vendor to receive agency authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program when the Health and Human Services Department granted the company two ATOs.

U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel has been asked by Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell to lead OMB’s management team on an interim basis until a new deputy director for management is confirmed, a White House official confirmed to FedScoop.

The federal government may have been be tightening its purse strings in the past few years, yet some senior-level employees have been receiving substantial cash bonuses – funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a new report.

There is great social and economic value in big data and data-driven innovation, but mitigating the security and privacy risks associated can push policymakers to curb its use entirely.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.