Google Gears Up for Government Work

Google has rolled out a government edition of its online application suite. Data for Gmail and Google Calendar produced in Google Apps for Government is stored in a segregated system that's reserved exclusively for government agencies. Google Apps has also won FISMA certification, a standard for federal information security.

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) on Tuesday unveiled Google Apps for Government. It also announced that Google Apps has received federal information security (FISMA) certification.

"With Google Apps for Government, we've gone beyond FISMA certification," Google spokesperson Andrew Kovacs told TechNewsWorld.

Meanwhile, Google will next week face a review of a major government project -- moving the City of Los Angeles' employees over to Gmail from their current system. That effort has apparently run into trouble.

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