Digital Government
Open Government Challenges
The White House on Tuesday unveiled a new <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-06.pdf">open government directive</a> that requires agencies to begin taking steps to expand access to and improve the quality of government information. The directive requires federal agencies to create within 60 days an open government Web page, and to develop and publish within 120 days an open government plan that describes how it will improve transparency and integrate public participation and collaboration into its activities.
Digital Government
VA plans pilot projects for Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record initiative
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are seeking vendors for a series of pilot projects in anticipation of the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program.
Digital Government
Vulnerability in DISA security scripts could leave systems at risk
DISA warns government users not to run Unix Readiness Review Scripts until it fixes a vulnerability.
Digital Government
Critical infrastructure protection calls for carrots and sticks
A report by the Internet Security Alliance stresses the use of economic incentives to improve the security of our critical infrastructure, but government regulation can also be an effective and sometimes necessary tool.
Digital Government
Will 2010 bring a wake-up call for cybersecurity?
Protecting the nation’s networked systems from cyber threats is not going to get any easier in 2010.
Digital Government
Is a 'digital Pearl Harbor' in our future?
We are more vulnerable than ever, but such an attack would not be easy.
Digital Government
White House issues demanding open government directive
Agencies must deliver numerous online initiatives in a staged roll out to foster a more transparent government and greater interaction with the public.
Digital Government
Vulnerability in DISA security scripts could leave systems at risk
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Data gaps could hinder a nationwide traffic information system
Government Technology
Digital Government
A $100 Million Dental Bill
I <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091125_6460.php>reported</a> last month that the Military Health System plans to evaluate two competing applications for its dental electronic health record to make sure it fields the right system, including one it already sunk $100 million into, my sources close to the MHS Skyline HQ in Falls Church, Va., told me.
Digital Government
Have Telework Will, Not the Way
While 81 percent of government and business IT makers say their organizations have written continuity-of-operations plans, both sectors report implementation challenges and lack confidence that employees could work remotely during an emergency, according to a new <a href="http://www.teleworkexchange.com/mobilizingagainstpandemic/default.asp">study</a> by Telework Exchange and Intel.
Digital Government
Watchdog issues privacy report card for personal health record systems
While HHS is preparing rules for electronic health records, a separate technology known as personal health records is getting attention from a watchdog group.
Digital Government