Digital Government
A Suicide Averted
The Defense and the Veterans Affairs departments offer a wide range of tools to help soldiers and veterans on the brink of suicide, including counseling centers and 800 number help lines.
Digital Government
Demand for New IT Skills
A new discipline that uses systems and software to help direct business processes is creating demands for new sets of IT skills both in the private sector and in government, according to the January issue of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzYzNjEwfENoaWxkSUQ9MzU3Nzc1fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">Dice Report</a>. The discipline, called Business Process Management, or BPM, has led to an expanding number of job postings for software developers, systems architects and business analysts, mostly by organizations that are looking to cash in on a potential cost savings of as much as 20 percent within the first year of implementing BPM.
Digital Government
The weakest link in anti-terror systems
President Obama described recent failures in anti-terrorism efforts as systemic. But they were not failures of systems; they were failures of human beings using the systems.
Digital Government
BlackBerry enters the app wars with winner for feds
The Presenter takes two things feds really love, BlackBerrys and PowerPoint, and combines them in an application that could not only make presentations easier, but could also let you leave your laptop PC at home.
Digital Government
Stuck in the mud: IRS spins its wheels on electronic modernization
The Customer Account Data Engine, a part of the IRS business modernization program expected to be fully implemented by 2012, speeds processing of tax returns and refunds. But it also increases complexity.
Digital Government
Key ingredient missing from e-health records, advisers say
The Health and Human Services Department might have missed an opportunity to improve health care quality by including physician narrative notes within Electronic Health Record systems, according to a federal advisory panel.
Digital Government
First responders lobby Congress for more spectrum on safety network
A coalition of public safety organizations wants Congress to allocate an additional 10 MHz of radio spectrum to the planned national public safety network.
Digital Government
Cyberattack draws renewed attention to Internet freedom
Secretary of State Clinton demands explanation from Chinese government, saying 'the ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is critical.'
Digital Government
More cyberattacks likely from group that took down Chinese search engine
The hack could be a peek at an ongoing cyberwar in which terrorists and governments find network weaknesses and gauge reaction to build cyberattack playbooks, says a security professional.
Digital Government
Agencies too often overlook a key step to better multilingual sites
Government Computer News
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Senior House lawmaker urges diligence on aviation screening technology
Federal Computer Week
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