Digital Government

What's Brewin: DISA — No longer the agency everyone loves to hate

In an end-of-tour interview, Director Lt. Gen. Charles Croom talks about keeping employees, managing bandwidth and his future.

Digital Government

Defense plans to withdraw Hight's nomination to head DISA

Department declines to identify other candidates for head of its top information and telecommunications agency.

Digital Government

FCW's The Week

Find links to articles in the June 23, 2008, issue and related items.

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FCW Insider: Twittering the Mars lander

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Bill would put new A-76 competitions on hold for a year

House measure would leave fate of controversial program up to the next administration.

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Senate derails Hight's nomination as DISA director

Marriage to executive in charge of business development at Northrop Grumman raises conflict-of-interest concerns.

Digital Government

4 percent of U.S. doctors use EHRs, new study finds

Study's authors say they are troubled by the results of their survey, which shows minimal increase in usage.

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To help consumers, CMS will rate nursing homes

Nursing homes will get up to five stars in a new, easy-to-grasp format for CMS' Web site.

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Bill would halt competitions for a year

An appropriations bill still in its early stages would halt competitions between federal employees and contractors until the next administration.

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FCW Insider: GSA Administrator search... part four

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FCW Insider: FCW-WFED radio show notes on COOP

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Software cements standards into health info exchanges

Healthvision unveils software adapter to help incorporate health IT standards into health information exchanges and systems.

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Hill told privacy laws must be updated to protect the public

Analysts urge senators to force agencies to better protect Americans' data.

Digital Government

Davis asks committee to investigate Bloch's online defenses

Congressman questions the legality of Bloch ordering a subordinate to post online messages in his defense under pseudonyms in comment sections of Web publications.

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FCW Insider: GSA administrator rumbles continue

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IG sounds alarm about accuracy of Census address database

Report cites duplicate and missing addresses in database, which could threaten the accuracy of the 2010 count if not corrected.

Digital Government

Incoming president will face key deadlines for Homeland Security programs

Some of the deadlines have been imposed by Congress, while others were put in place by the current department leadership team.

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Q&A with OPM's Kathy Dillaman

The Office of Personnel Management expanded its international investigative capabilities to keep up with increasing demand for security clearances.