Digital Government
EDS' Failure to Wipe
EDS, which runs the Navy Marine Corps Intranet under a 10 year, $10 billon contract, serves about 650,000 folks. Users turn in, on an annual basis, about 120,000 old computers for new ones. The company failed to magnetically wipe (the technical term is <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degaussing>degaussing</a>) at least 12 hard drives containing secret information, according to a snippet from a Navy inspector general report, which made its way here to Whats central in Las Vegas, N.M.
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Web 2.0 as an HR Strategy
Companies have increased their reliance on Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking, blogs and webcasts to communicate with and engage their employees, especially as the economic downturn has shrunk funding for human resources, according to the <a href="http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=NA-2009-1242&page=1">2009 HR Technology Trends report</a> by consulting firm Watson Wyatt.
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Twitter, Facebook and CB Radios
Chuck Raasch wrote an interesting piece on USAToday.com on Monday comparing Twitter and Facebook to the CB radio fad of the 1970s. My parents basically met one another over CB radio, so I can see some truth in defining the medium as the social network of that decade.
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Rotational Cyber Assignments
The cybersecurity report released by the Obama administration on May 29 includes a few important recommendations for the federal IT workforce. The recommendations include the usual suspects: determine how to improve the government's ability to attract and retain IT employees within the federal service and streamline the lengthy security clearance process to offset lost opportunities. But the report also includes one recommendation that I found interesting and somewhat ambitious, at least for now:
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Health professionals call for network to uncover best medical treatments
Sophisticated data mining system would sift through clinical trials and studies, but experts warn the network could fail if not developed properly.
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Analysts say transparency will take time
It could be months before sites such as Data.gov and Recovery.gov move beyond aggregating information available elsewhere.
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Recovery board to issue app agencies can use to report stimulus data
Transparency groups say a standard data format is needed so outside groups can analyze where recovery funds are spent and if they are saving or creating jobs.
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AHLTA Definition Contest Update
Last month I kicked off a <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/05/the_ahlta_definition_contest.php>contest</a> for the best definition of AHLTA, the Defense Department's electronic health record system that used to stand for the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application.
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Good News For Government?
A new study by consulting firm (ISC)2 reports that despite the current economic downturn, company hiring managers are having a difficult time filling critical information security jobs, largely because salary expectations and skill levels do not meet current demand. But according to Hord Tipton, executive director for (ISC)2, that could be good news for the government.
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Calling All Gov 2.0 Ideas
If you've deployed a Government 2.0 project at your federal agency and have lessons to share, the first-ever Government 2.0 Expo Showcase may be your chance.
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