Digital Government
So Much for Low Key Cyber Approach
Some of my military public affairs contacts tell me that the Pentagon really, really wanted to take a low-key approach to the establishment of a <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090624_6400.php">new Cyber Command</a>.
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Recognizing the Lionesses
Since the United States started operations in Iraq, a small group of military women, known as Lionesses, has provided support to combat units, and the House Armed Services Committee thinks its time they received recognition and support from both the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Contradictory Goals?
A move by the Obama administration to <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/0309/030409e1.htm&oref=search">review</a> federal contracting practices, clarify the definition of "inherently governmental" and strengthen the federal workforce could be contradictory to its goal of using technology to encourage participatory democracy, according to Dan Mintz, former chief information officer at the Transportation Department and now a chief technology officer at Computer Sciences Corp.
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Defense bill calls for test of telework offices for classified work
Current sites are not equipped with the proper physical and cybersecurity requirements needed for employees who work on Top Secret programs.
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Cyber Command creation leaves key details to be addressed
Defense Secretary Robert Gates mandates new organization; operational, budget issues to be sorted out in coming months.
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Vet Edges Closer to Top VA Health Job
In April, I <a href="http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/04/gulf_war_vet_for_top_va_health.php">reported</a> that Dr. Stephen Ondra, professor of neurological surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, had emerged as the likely candidate for under secretary for health at the Veterans Health Administration.
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Major Federal HR Conference Announced
My colleague, Alyssa Rosenberg, writes over at FedBlog that Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry has announced a major federal human resources conference for September.
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Culture Clash
National Public Radio has an interesting <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/storyComments.php?storyId=105751918&pageNum=2&pPageNum=3&pCommentKey=CommentKey:1166bac2-b368-4cc6-9f61-5e1d1a7158ed">piece</a> on how the use of social networking and other technologies are resulting in a culture clash among generations in the workplace.
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Recovery Act: Forthcoming portal to streamline data reporting
OMB hopes new site will lighten the reporting burden on recipients by simplifying reporting instructions and providing an easy-to-use way to submit data.
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Latest OMB stimulus reporting rules don't require public raw data
Guidance doesn't include a requirement to make raw data public or to file in formats that would make it easier to create Web applications to analyze spending.
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Administration urged to engage public on e-health records
Doctors and hospitals that make "meaningful use" of such records would be eligible for economic stimulus payments.
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