Digital Government
More Incentives for Teleworkers?
The record blizzard that has shut down federal agencies in Washington for four consecutive days has drawn a flurry of articles on how the government must significantly boost the number of federal employees who telework.
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Advice for the cyber czar: Make friends with OMB
Melissa Hathaway, the Obama administration’s former acting senior director for cyberspace, said the strongest ally the cyber coordinator needs or should have is in the Office of Management and Budget.
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NOAA launches online climate portal
The prototype Climate.gov Web portal would serve as a tool for the proposed NOAA Climate Service, a new line office that would bring together expertise and data from other NOAA offices already observing and modeling the Earth’s atmospheric and oceanic systems.
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Appeals court to hear cell phone tracking case
The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the court urging that the district court's decision be upheld.
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White House looks to IT to provide efficiencies, report says
Obama administration wants to spend money to save in the long term, with many proposals focused on system consolidation.
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NASA readies modeling and simulation for launch in browsers
Government Computer News
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Washington's snow response GIS mapping system gets a workout
Washington Technology
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Sensitive Information? Read the Budget
It's amazing what I can find trolling through thousands of pages of budget documents. Like this one: the location of a highly sensitive system.
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After Murtha: Vacancy on critical House defense panel opens way for new leader
John Murtha will be remembered for his long government service, military career and a love of earmarks that sometimes put him in hot water.
Digital Government
The IT and HR Disconnect
A disconnect exists between information technology managers and the human resources professionals who assist them when it comes to increasing IT workers' motivation, according to the February issue of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzY4MDc2fENoaWxkSUQ9MzYzNzUzfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">Dice Report</a>.
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Feds could get access to advanced cloud-computing technologies
Microsoft and National Science Foundation team up to provide cloud-computing tools to certain users.
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There's no panic like snow panic
Trudy Walsh blogs about Washington's penchant for panicking at the sight of snow—but concedes that the panic may be appropriate for the blizzard of 2010.
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After Snowmageddon comes the Mobilpocalypse
Recent studies suggest that the network contracts that agencies are signing up for now and in the near future probably won't be robust enough, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
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