http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/3815/all xx http://www.itworld.com/government/83224/states-scramble-track-federal-stimulus-bucks Just as the $787 billion economic stimulus is unprecedented, so are the reporting demands it's making on state CIOs and IT organizations, which are scrambling to whip up new processes and tools to accurately track and account for their states' shares of the stimulus pie. http://www.itworld.com/government/83224/states-scramble-track-federal-stimulus-bucks#comments Government Internet Feature economic stimulus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:48:58 -0500 ITworld staff 83224 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/83225/maryland-tops-tracking-stimulus-spending Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley doesn't have to guess where federal stimulus funds will do the most good in his state: He can see for himself -- and his constituents can, too. http://www.itworld.com/government/83225/maryland-tops-tracking-stimulus-spending#comments Government Internet Feature economic stimulus Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:39:58 -0500 ITworld staff 83225 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/82108/is-federal-stimulus-creating-tech-jobs-the-government-isnt-saying One obvious follow-up question to the U.S. government's announcement this month that the federal stimulus has created or saved 30,000 jobs so far is this: How many were IT and engineering jobs? Unfortunately, there isn't an answer. http://www.itworld.com/government/82108/is-federal-stimulus-creating-tech-jobs-the-government-isnt-saying#comments Career Government News economic stimulus IT jobs Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:54 -0400 ITworld staff 82108 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/networking/70270/broadband-subsidy-too-much-money-mostly-well-targeted A few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of the package, and so far things look mostly OK. http://www.itworld.com/networking/70270/broadband-subsidy-too-much-money-mostly-well-targeted#comments Government Networking Opinion broadband economic stimulus Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:32:28 -0400 ITworld staff 70270 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/68966/white-house-plan-create-600k-jobs-100-days-wont-help-tech The real impact of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package on shrinking IT employment remains in the future, despite President Obama's plan to expedite hiring of some 600,000 people over the next 100 days. http://www.itworld.com/government/68966/white-house-plan-create-600k-jobs-100-days-wont-help-tech#comments Career Government IT management/strategy News economic stimulus IT jobs Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:04:38 -0400 ITworld staff 68966 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business-intelligence/68863/vendors-look-piece-stimulus-cash-new-bi-apps The Obama administration's demand that government officials closely track and report how $787 billion in economic stimulus money is being spent was not lost on major software vendors such as SAP and IBM, which have quickly rolled out BI tools that are supposed to help meet the mandate. http://www.itworld.com/business-intelligence/68863/vendors-look-piece-stimulus-cash-new-bi-apps#comments Business intelligence Government IT management/strategy Software News economic stimulus IBM SAP Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:47:42 -0400 ITworld staff 68863 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/68416/stimulus-bill-provide-windfall-wireless-providers-abi-projects The economic stimulus package passed earlier this year will provide a $6.8 billion windfall to the wireless communications industry, projects ABI Research. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/68416/stimulus-bill-provide-windfall-wireless-providers-abi-projects#comments Mobile & wireless News economic stimulus Tue, 26 May 2009 20:26:39 -0400 ITworld staff 68416 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/66872/six-core-chips-amd-preps-stimulus-money-fight The U.S. government is beginning to spend billions of dollars quickly to stimulate the economy. And that may be why AMD said this week it is releasing its six core Opteron chip in June, well ahead of schedule, and plans to follow it early next year with a chip code-named Magny-Cours that will ship in eight- and 12-core models. After that, it plans a 16-core chip in 2011. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/66872/six-core-chips-amd-preps-stimulus-money-fight#comments Government Hardware News AMD economic stimulus processors Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:27:31 -0400 ITworld staff 66872 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/65850/45-billion-federal-stimulus-funding-will-speed-electrical-smart-grid-upgrades The $4.5 billion in matching funds allocated to ‘‘Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’’ by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes a significant boost to “smart grid” and smart metering initiatives, aimed at updating the seriously ageing US electrical infrastructure. http://www.itworld.com/business/65850/45-billion-federal-stimulus-funding-will-speed-electrical-smart-grid-upgrades#comments Business Research economic stimulus Smart Grid Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:28:01 -0400 gracet 65850 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/65388/enviromental-control-systems-lack-strong-security If lengthy requirements were a measure of success, then smart grid technology is well on its way to being an anomaly in the environmental controls space. But I'm not going to try to hold my breath for that to happen. http://www.itworld.com/security/65388/enviromental-control-systems-lack-strong-security#comments Security Opinion economic stimulus energy Smart Grid Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:41:06 -0400 ITworld staff 65388 at http://www.itworld.com