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TAKOMA PARK, Md., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GSA Applications is pleased to announce that Audio Description Associates, LLC has been awarded a GSA Schedule 738 II (Language Services) contract and is now certified to provide services to the federal government. Audio Description Associates has placed their Services for the Visual & Hearing Impaired on the government's electronic ordering system, GSA Advantage!®. "This schedule opens up significantly more markets for us at...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Social microblogging site Twitter has released its first ever Transparency Report revealing it had received more government requests in the first half of 2012 than it had in all of 2011. In all, the site said in its blog it had received 849 government requests for user information since the beginning of the year; 679 of those requests have come from the US government, while only 11 each stem from the United Kingdom and Canada....

REDMOND, Wash., June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Harnessing the power of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Azure cloud services, the city of Regina, Canada, recently launched an innovative, Web-based open data initiative to put important information directly in the hands of citizens virtually anytime, anywhere. With the city's Open Data Portal, Regina citizens will now be able to visit a user-friendly online portal that offers easy access to data sets such as ward boundaries, points of...

Effort will save millions, reduce waste and streamline the schedule process. WASHINGTON, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, The U.S. General Services Administration outlined the next step in a cost-cutting business model for its Multiple Award Schedules that will save millions of taxpayer dollars and reduce inefficiencies. Under this new plan, GSA will stop adding new contractors for outdated products such as typewriters, photographic equipment, trophies and...

New security program provides streamlined path for agencies moving to the cloud, achieves cost-savings, efficiency and innovation WASHINGTON, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced an important benchmark that will pave the way for agencies across the federal government to accelerate adoption of cloud computing. Cloud computing saves the federal government money and provides flexible platforms that enable increased...

REDMOND, Wash., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Concur (NASDAQ: CNQR), a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions, today announced that the company's integrated travel and expense management solution was selected to power the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) program for managing online bookings, travel authorizations and voucher processing. Concur will support the GSA to help federal agencies realize the cost savings, compliance benefits,...

Community engagement functionality brings together city staff and citizens. Manhattan, KS (PRWEB) May 30, 2012 The City of Broken Arrow launced its new website powered by CivicPlus. Broken Arrow is now able to use the community engagement modules like Alert Center, Media Center and Notify Me to connect with their citizens. In addition to the website's innovative tools and functionality, our team of developers, designers and content experts crafted a site with enhanced navigation features...

Ben Hecht Named Connect2Compete Board Chairman WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Connect to Compete (C2C), Inc. today announced a national three-year Ad Council campaign to promote the importance of digital literacy and motivate individuals and families to access free community resources and training. The multimedia public service campaign, which will be developed in both English and Spanish, will begin in January 2013. C2C is a private, nonprofit corporation...

RICHMOND, Va., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) awarded contracts to multiple suppliers including CapTech to perform a variety of eGovernment services in April 2012. Through its new contract, CapTech is redesigning the state portal website, www.virginia.gov, with deliverables including enriched user experience/usability and enhanced web content management capabilities. The CapTech team includes Big River for creative...

Peter Suciu for RedOrbit.com A two-year battle between Microsoft and Google over which company could supply its cloud-based server technology to a government agency has come to an end. The result is gray skies for Microsoft as the Department of the Interior becomes one of Google’s biggest cloud customers in the government sector, in a deal worth nearly $35million. This week the Interior Department awarded Google reseller Onix Networks, via a notice posted on the Federal contracting...