Digital Government

Army Afghanistan Tele-Shrinks

The Army has added about 2,700 behavioral health specialists to treat combat stress during the past two years, with just under 300 deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Digital Government

Profile of a Virtual Collaborator

Guided Insights has some <a href="http://www.guidedinsights.com/newsletter_detail.asp?PageID=9351">useful advice</a> on the characteristics that make for a successful virtual collaborator, and those that may cause problems for some remote workers. Virtual collaborators, for example, tend to be social butterflies in the office; have excellent organizational, time-management, listening and communication skills; show a willingness to use a variety of tech tools with ease; and have the ability to move ahead without a lot of direction or guidance, the article states.

Digital Government

FDA mulls regulating online claims, discussions about pharmaceuticals

Drug manufacturers and health care professionals attend a two-day hearing to discuss responsibility for reducing misinformation on the Internet.

Digital Government

Unions want say in telework policymaking

Federal Computer Week

Digital Government

Philanthropy 2.0

Want to contribute to the good government community while also giving something back to the community at large? The leaders at social networking site GovLoop on Thursday launched the <a href="http://govloop.uservoice.com/pages/6040-awesomegov">AwesomeGov Fund</a>, an effort to help raise awareness about government-related initiatives or people that aim to make government better.

Digital Government

10 Security Tips for Cyber Wingmen

Everyone who wears Air Force blue has a role in defending cyberspace, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said in a service wide message.

Digital Government

Figuring Your Locality Pay

Congress has yet to pass a pay raise for federal employees in 2010, but <em>Government Executive</em>'s Alyssa Rosenberg <a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1109/111009ar1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss">writes</a> that the Federal Salary Council has already made its recommendations for locality pay in 2011.