Google Apps Beats Office 365 For US Dept. of the Interior Contract

angry tapir writes "The U.S. Department of the Interior has picked Google Apps to provide cloud-based email and collaboration applications to about 90,000 staffers, choosing Google's services over Microsoft's Office 365. Google had sued the U.S. agency in 2010, claiming its requirements for the contract tilted the scales unfairly toward Microsoft. Google eventually dropped its lawsuit last September."

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Re:Google does government favors, gov does back

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http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/04/23/google-admits-to-lobbying-on-cispa-but-wont-say-which-way/
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/violetblue/google-helped-with-cispa-joins-cybersecurity-theatre/1238

Google has admitted that it is lobbying on theCyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), The Hill has learned

Here’s Google on its public stance on CISPA: “We think this is an important issue and we’re watching the process closely but we haven’t taken a formal position on any specific legislation.”

Google is not alone in supporting CISPA, if it in fact does, as it will join tech giants Microsoft and Facebook in doing so, among others.

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