Funny I saw both that and this article concerning Google and gov't in the same day.

Google misses deadline in high-profile LA deal
By John Letzing, Dow Jones Newswires
Friday 23 July 2010
Internet company required to reimburse city for extra costs associated with missing deadline to deliver Google Apps.
http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=457311&G=5&C=4&Page=0

-Steve Bogdanski

>>> On 7/26/2010 at 5:56 PM, Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Google releases Google Apps for Government and receives FISMA certification as the systems are run in the continental US. Wonder if they'll offer this as an option to the Google Apps for Education customers at some point.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/introducing-google-apps-for-government.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/MKuf+(Official+Google+Blog)

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Troy Murray