• Business Insider, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 12:30 PM

Egged on by Microsoft, the government is taking a closer look at Google and an Apps-related security certification called FISMA, which is required for some government contracts. "Google has maintained that Google Apps for Government was FISMA-certified," reports Business Insider. "Microsoft uncovered a court filing where the U.S. Department of Justice said it's not."

This week, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) conducted a hearing into the matter, which sought more information from David McClure from the General Services Administration, would reportedly certified some Google Apps platforms. "According to press report,s the Department of Justice notified Google in December of 2010 that its Apps for Government was not in fact FISMA compliant," Carper explained. Business Insider, meanwhile suggests the FISMA issue is a distraction from the main legal case.

In essence, "Google is accusing the Department of Interior of choosing Microsoft's products without giving Google Apps fair consideration," BI writes. "But all along, Google had said that it was FISMA certified. Now, it turns out that it wasn't."

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