Digital Government
L.A. freeways set to get futuristic 'smart studs' to help guide traffic
The Los Angeles Times
Digital Government
Social Networking Vulnerabilities
The Defense Department has started to analyze the vulnerabilities of social networking sites and Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook and Twitter, Pentagon spokesman Air Force Lt. Col. Eric Butterbaugh said in a statement.
Digital Government
The Senator, Adara and Lost Rabbit
As I <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090729_5415.php>reported</a> on Wednesday, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss, has earmarked just more than $5 million for Adara Networks to work on information technology projects at the Military Health System and has another $10 million pending earmark for Adara in the fiscal 2010 Defense appropriations bill.
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OPM Plan Available for Comment
The Office of Personnel Management has posted its <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/07/opm_plan_goes_public.php">proposed strategic plan</a> on its Web site.
Digital Government
Best Places to Work Guide
The Partnership for Public Service and TMP Government has released a <a href="http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/agencies/guide.php">guide</a> to accompany its 2009 Best Places To Work in the Federal Government rankings, which evaluate employee satisfaction across 278 federal agencies and subcomponents. The new two-part guide provides tips, tools and guidelines to provide agency managers with a clear understanding of how to use the Best Places To Work data to improve workplace performance and organizational effectiveness.
Digital Government
Privacy protections could hamper agencies' adoption of cookies
OMB wants to allow the use of cookies to improve online services, but agencies may have to conduct privacy impact assessments to determine if they comply with privacy regulations.
Digital Government
Agencies fail to make information sharing a priority
Intel official tells lawmakers the system for implementing cross-government efforts is broken.
Digital Government
As slowdown drags on, IBM looks to governments for new growth
The Wall Street Journal
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File sharing leaks sensitive federal data, lawmakers are told
The Washington Post
Digital Government
GSA, DISA To Make Nice On Satcom?
Over the past decade federal agencies have been able to buy commercial satellite communication services through either <a href=http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW&contentId=18882>General Services Administration contracts</a> or those <a href=http://www.disa.mil/satcom/sco/index.html>managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency.</a>
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OPM Plan Goes Public
My former beat partner Alyssa Rosenberg <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43261&dcn=todaysnews">writes</a> at <em>Government Executive</em> that the Office of Personnel Management will allow federal employees and the public to comment on the agency's proposed strategic plan. OPM's technology will let the public track debate on the plan during the four weeks it is available for comment online.
Digital Government
States' stimulus tracking sites are mediocre at best, report finds
The average score for overall Web site performance was 28.2 on a scale of 0 to 100.
Digital Government
Company won earmarked funds for work on military health records
Defense employee has alleged that Adara Networks received software code in advance of winning sole-source contract.
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