Digital Government

First lady wants help to create childhood obesity infographics

Michelle Obama is looking for a colorful, powerful graphic to present childhood obesity information with the greatest effect.

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VA patient scheduling app still not ready for prime time

The Veterans Affairs Department's second attempt to build an outpatient scheduling system may not get off the ground unless significant management deficiencies are corrected, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Senate Homeland Security Committee hopes you 'like' its Facebook page

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has launched its own Facebook page for interaction via the social-networking service.

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Challenges from all sides beset CISOs

Federal chief information security officers must balance a bewildering array of competing needs.

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Buzz Factor

These were the most-read stories on FCW.com during the past two weeks.

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The best of the federal blogosphere

A case of hidden dangers a lesson in leadership, and the fight against human trafficking.

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Obama administration cracks down on late, over budget IT projects

White House orders review of all high-risk IT initiatives, halts investments in financial system modernization efforts.

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White House to move slowly on inherently governmental IT jobs

But Congress could pass language that contractors worry could foster arbitrary insourcing rather than support strategic cost-analysis.

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Are government websites in danger?

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Congress, White House AWOL at Intrepid

Despite <a href=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/24/128079301/leader-of-military-s-program-to-treat-brain-injuries-steps-down-abruptly>reports by National Public Radio</a>, Army Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton, who <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/06/bg_sutton_quietly_leaves_ptsdtbi_job.php>quietly left her position</a> as director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury on Monday, did, indeed, make the Thursday opening of a $56 million center focused on treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

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Army cites improper contracting in Arlington Cemetery scandal

The cemetery had no acquisition strategy, no integrated IT system and series of IT regulatory violations, the Army said.

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OMB tells agencies how to treat their online 'friends'

OMB today overhauled policy on using third-party Web sites and applications and Web measurement and customization technologies.

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Facebook taps White House official for VP post

Facebook has hired Marne Levine to be its vice president of global public policy in the Washington, D.C. office.

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FBI veteran cleared to lead Transportation Security Administration

John Pistole brings more than 20 years of counterterrorism experience to TSA, blogger Mclatthew Weigelt writes.

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Senate Republicans argue against White House cyber coordinator

Sens. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have introduced a bill that would set up a national cyber center at the Defense Department.