Digital Government

Filippi to Run Data Exchange?

I've picked up low to medium strength signals that <a href=http://wid.ndia.org/PDF/9WI3_Filippi_Debra_OSD_BIO.pdf>Debra Filippi</a>, the Defense Department's information sharing executive, has emerged as a likely candidate to run the joint interagency program office in charge of sharing information -- including <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/09/interoperability_deadline_looms.php>electronic health information</a> -- between the Defense and the Veterans Affairs Department.

Digital Government

Health Premiums to Rise 7.4%

Federal health premiums will rise by an average of 7.4 percent in 2010, according to the Office of Personnel Management. The average increase includes the government's share and employee's share of the overall premium.

Digital Government

NASA to update schedule for coming IT acquisitions

NASA soon will release a new schedule for opening competition on five information technology services contracts estimated to be worth a total of more than $4 billion.

Digital Government

OPM Stops Projecting Retirements

FederalNewsRadio.com <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=1773193">reports</a> that the Office of Personnel Management will no longer project the retirements of federal employees, largely because previous predictions have not held up.

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Online collection helps people remember Holocaust

Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related records are now searchable online through a project.

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Panel to vote on data privacy measure

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Digital Government

DHS fails to justify funding for emergency network, stalling program

Department should develop a plan outlining an acquisition approach based on available technologies, realistic cost estimates and how it will reduce project risks, GAO says.

Digital Government

New Recovery.gov's intent remains laudable, but execution still in question

Day after stimulus-tracking site's debut, civic activists say transparency will depend on the accuracy of the spending data and how easily it can be made understandable.

Digital Government

Defense to allow troops, family members to use social network sites

Soon-to-be-released memo lifts bans on the use of Facebook, Twitter and other sites, saying the tools provide an information advantage for the military and its allies.