Digital Government
On Second Thought, We'll Take Two
Way back in 1994 when twitter described only the high pitched sounds made by birds, some smart folks at the Defense Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA figured out they could save a lot of money by developing a weather satellite system to satisfy both Defense and civilian requirements, rather than building separate systems for both.
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Federal Internships for Military Spouses
Military spouses spend much of their lives wandering from post to post for 20 years, a situation not exactly conducive to landing and holding on to a good job.
Digital Government
New Outlet for Cyber Training
This week's issue of the Chronicle for Higher Education <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i40/40a01701.htm">notes</a> that community colleges are mobilizing to offer cybersecurity programs to prepare students for work in the federal government, especially as the Obama administration looks to boost the government's cyber ranks.
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Growing Generation Gaps?
Canada's <i>Calgary Herald</i> has an interesting <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Digital+divides+drive+growing+generation+gaps/1718829/story.html">article</a> on how rapidly accelerating technological change is driving new, smaller gaps within generations.
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House panel shifts most of Military Health System's IT budget
Committee voted to move 85 percent of fiscal 2010 funds to the Defense secretary's office in a bid to solve IT program development problems.
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In health care policy debate, some bypass White House's official site
Influential physicians, health IT vendors, insurers and patients find an outlet to discuss the intricacies of health reform on nongovernmental sites.
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Why Is A War Bill Funding That?
The $106 billion 2009 <a href=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h2346enr.txt.pdf>war supplemental appropriations bill</a> passed by the Senate yesterday sure looks like a piggybank for a lot of stuff that has nothing to do with supporting troops operating in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Kundra Meets With Former CIOs
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra met with former government CIOs who are members of the Senior Advisors to Government Executives, or SAGE, program at the Partnership for Public Service last week. The former CIOs advised Kundra to hone in on three management issues as he sets out to accomplish his technology agenda.
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