Digital Government
Hill demands FEMA quickly upgrade aging public warning system
A lack of goals and deadlines have delayed development of a new network that will provide emergency alerts via the Web and cell phones.
Digital Government
GI Bill Payments Offered Online
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki <a href=http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1790>announced</a> that starting on Friday veterans who have not yet received their GI bill payments for school tuition and housing will be able to apply online off the <a href=http://www.va.gov/>VA's Web site</a>, which also has further details on the emergency payment program.
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The Social Networking Draft Directive
As I <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090929_3750.php?oref=topstory>reported yesterday</a>, a draft of a new Defense Department social network policy that made its way to the Whats HQ in Las Vegas, N.M., will allow troops to Twitter away on Defense networks almost unfettered as long as they follow a few simple rules.
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Online collection helps people remember, research Holocaust
Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related records are now searchable online through a National Archives and Records Administration project.
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Retirement Projections
I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/09/opm_no_longer_projecting_retirements.php">linked</a> to a story on FederalNewsRadio.com yesterday that said the Office of Personnel Management would no longer project the retirements of federal employees. The story was <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1774051">clarified</a> on Tuesday to say that OPM will continue to make retirement projections that forecast the potential number of retirees who are eligible for retirement and actually leave federal service each year.
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Health centers get $27.8M for health IT projects
HHS will spend almost $28 million for health IT projects in 21 states.
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Interagency office put in charge of DoD/VA lifetime e-record project
Some express concern about team's sweeping joint mission, especially in the absence of a permanent director.
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Federal IT contractors find domestic sourcing an alternative to offshoring
Some technology vendors place jobs in small towns rather than overseas, but the practice also is forced by federal agencies that restrict work from being sent off shore.
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