Digital Government
IT Hiring to Surge by 2012
By fall of 2012, the federal government will hire nearly 273,000 new workers for mission-critical jobs, a large portion of which will be information technology specific, according to a new <a href="http://data.wherethejobsare.org/wtja/home">report</a> by the Partnership for Public Service. The latest "Where The Jobs Are" report, released Thursday, outlines governmentwide, mission-critical hiring needs through 2012 and is based on a survey of 35 federal agencies representing nearly 99 percent of the 1.9 million member federal workforce.
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Oops, There Goes Yet Another Laptop
I think I could write a monthly feature on lost or stolen government laptops. The <a href=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/pcola/Pages/default.aspx>Naval Hospital Pensacola</a> in Florida reported the latest stray on Tuesday.
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Help wanted: Agencies will need 11,000 more IT workers
Federal agencies will need to hire over 270,000 new employees for mission-critical jobs over the next three years, including over 11,549 IT pros, according to new survey.
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Concern grows over emphasis on technology to push transparency
Some members of the open government community want the Obama administration to address policies that would make information disclosure a central part of doing business, not just creating Web sites and applications.
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Administration issues solicitation to archive social media content
The White House wants to capture, extract and store information posted by its employees on publicly accessible Web sites, including Facebook and Twitter.
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Navy to form directorate to manage info, cyber and space capabilities
The Information Dominance Directorate will combine functions managed by the director of Naval Intelligence and deputy chief of naval operations for communication networks.
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First responders should use service agreements for telecom equipment
Former Homeland Security secretary says the practice would allow emergency workers to upgrade equipment quicker and more cheaply.
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Defining Transparency
Open government is about more than catching agencies making mistakes, it's about helping citizens protect their interests, scholar says.
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