March 2009 - Posts

Trip Report from Gov 2.0 Camp
Over 500 techies, policy makers, civil servants, vendors, media and academia gathered at Duke Ellington School on March 27-28 for the first ever Gov 2.0 Camp unconference. Let’s get two explanations out of the way. Gov 2.0 is the part of public sector Read More...
Posted 31 March 09 09:27 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 4 Comments   
Economic Stimulus Funding Will Require Detailed Project Management and Reporting
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will require diligence by everyone in the federal government to make it work. It is a complicated plan, and one that will require the ability – later – for the average American to understand what was done and Read More...
Posted 30 March 09 01:00 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 2 Comments   
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Congratulations to Our Fed100 Winners!
Federal Computer Week has just issued its special report on the 20 th Federal 100 awards, and we are very excited that two of our own, Teresa Carlson and Abe Berlas, have been recognized for making a difference in the Federal IT community. Teresa Carlson Read More...
Posted 24 March 09 03:56 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft’s Salute to Our Troops Hosts Wounded Warriors at SXSW
This past week we had the honor of hosting 41 Wounded Warriors and family members, as part of our Salute to our Troops program, for an eventful day of excitement at SXSW in Austin, TX. The SXSW Film/Music/Interactive Festival is a blend of all things Read More...
Posted 20 March 09 05:52 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
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Steve Ballmer honored with ESGR “Above and Beyond” award
Steve Ballmer was recognized with an “Above and Beyond” award on behalf of Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve for the outstanding support of Microsoft employees serving in the Guard and Reserve. ESGR is a Department of Defense organization that Read More...
Posted 19 March 09 01:00 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
Mission Critical Microsoft Symposium of the U.S. Air Force
The Microsoft Department of Defense Team is sponsoring the U.S. Air Force at our two-day Mission Critical Microsoft Symposium in Redmond this week, and we are excited to have more than 180 Air Force customers registered. The event, which kicked off yesterday, Read More...
Posted 18 March 09 10:27 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
Watch MIX09 from your desktop
Don’t let travel budgets get in the way of finding out what’s hot at MIX09. Watch technology unfold before your eyes at http://live.visitmix.com/Default.aspx . Read More...
Posted 18 March 09 06:55 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
Join us at HIMSS09 in Chicago on April 5
Are you attending HIMSS09 in Chicago in April? If so, we hope you can join the Microsoft Federal Team as we support the Bethesda Chapter of AFCEA at a reception to benefit the Children’s Inn at The National Institutes of Health . This exciting event will Read More...
Posted 16 March 09 11:43 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
FOSE 2009: War Games Live!
While at FOSE 2009 this week, Noah Sandridge sat down with Rod Fontecilla, Principle, Booz Allen Hamilton, to discuss the success of the Cloud Computing War Games.  Rod explains the vision behind the first ever Cloud Computing War Games and discusses Read More...
Posted 12 March 09 06:12 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 1 Comments   
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Cloud Computing War Games at FOSE 2009
This week, I’ve had the pleasure of participating in Booz Allen Hamilton ’s Cloud Computing War Games being held at the 2009 FOSE conference in Washington D.C.   War games typically are used by the military to simulate situations during war Read More...
Posted 12 March 09 12:46 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
HP shares insight on effective virtualization investments for federal agencies
Federal agencies continue to see the benefits of virtualization solutions in this tough economy. Hill Carter, Enterprise Architect of HP Federal, a Federal Microsoft Partner, discusses the benefits of virtualization with Nichole Devolites, Federal Partner Read More...
Posted 09 March 09 05:47 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
New Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Public Sector Gives a Global View
Wanted to share with all the followers of the FutureFed Blog a recent interview with Linda Zecher and Washington Technology . Linda Zecher , who became corporate vice president of Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector last month sat down with WashTech to Read More...
Posted 06 March 09 09:10 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
CIO Summit: Doing more with less
In one of the toughest economic environments ever experienced by our customers, we must look at how to find opportunity in the midst. That was the main theme of our CIO Summit yesterday. Our customers need to examine every dollar, resource, technology Read More...
Posted 05 March 09 09:39 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
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7th Annual Public Sector CIO Summit
This week, Microsoft Public Sector will hold the seventh annual CIO Summit at our campus in Redmond, Washington. Now more than ever, our customers are facing several challenges, and that makes this year’s event incredibly important. There is a growing Read More...
Posted 03 March 09 12:15 by uspsweb@microsoft.com | 0 Comments   
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