Digital Government
Real-time reporting on bank bailout funds and stimulus spending needed
Current auditing practices used to track trillions of dollars lead to billions in waste and fraud, but technology could quickly stop abuses, specialists say.
Digital Government
IRS slow reaction to bounced checks costs treasury $20 million
Inspector general also reports that the agency needs to improve oversight to detect unauthorized access to taxpayers' personal information.
Digital Government
Medical records: Stored in the cloud, sold on the open market
Wired: Threat Level
Digital Government
First Texting, Now GPS
According to New York State Gov. David Paterson, it's time to add truckers, who might be following GPS-enabled map systems, to texting drivers as the latest high-tech road hazard.
Digital Government
Windows 7 review: 'New' OS is just Vista with small changes
Microsoft's Windows 7 has been touted as a new, better-running operating system. But despite the addition of a few handy features, the GCN Lab finds that it looks just like the Vista OS, has a lot of the same annoying quirks as Vista and delivers no difference in performance from Vista.
Digital Government
GreenGov Challenge
The White House on Monday <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Introducing-the-GreenGov-Challenge-A-Bottom-Up-Approach-to-Greening-Government/#TB_inline?height=220&width=370&inlineId=tb_external&linkId=2">announced a new online program that challenges federal and military personnel</a> to submit their own clean energy ideas and suggestions and vote on others. The new GreenGov challenge is running in coordination with National Energy Awareness Month, and any federal employee or military member can submit a clean energy idea from Oct. 19 through Oct. 31.
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Indiana fires IBM from $1.3 billion welfare contract
Indiana fires IBM as the prime contractor on a $1.34 billion contract to overhaul the state's welfare system.
Digital Government
Alexander nominated to lead Cyber Command
Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander has been nominated for promotion to the rank of four-star general and also to the post of commander of the Defense Department’s new U.S. Cyber Command.
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Social Security urged to upgrade data systems to meet increased demand
Officials anticipate push for greater real-time downloads of personal information from states and localities.
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