Digital Government

But what about you newbies out there?

As readers may have noticed, we had a flood of comments responding to the question: “How did you get your federal job?”

Digital Government

Senator working on a privacy 'do-not-track' bill

Legislation would allow consumers to opt-out of having their Web activities tracked for advertising purposes.

Digital Government

CDC increases competition with $5 billion IT contract

The 10-year indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity pact awarded to 30 companies that will provide information management, management consulting and IT infrastructure.

Digital Government

What Will Takai Do?

President Obama <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100930_1811.php?oref=topnews>withdrew</a> on Wednesday the nomination of California Chief Information Officer Teresa "Teri" Takai for the Defense assistant secretary for networks and information integration, a job that currently includes the Defense CIO title.

Digital Government

Survey: FOIA Workers Need $$$, Tech

Federal employees who are responsible for administering the Freedom of Information Act say their offices are too short-staffed, underfunded and technologically inept to process requests as expeditiously as the White House wants, according to a survey conducted by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Digital Government

Kaiser Donates Doctor-Talk Tool

Kaiser Permanente announced Wednesday that it is donating a translation-enabling technology to the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organization.

Digital Government

How to save energy and money through data center consolidation

NASA has discovered the benefits of two critical elements of data virtualization: power management and virtualization, which go hand in hand.

Digital Government

NIH builds a bridge to paperless processes

The National Cancer Institute and Bristol-Myers Squibb are using digital certificates to eliminate paper in a cancer therapy evaluation program, a trend that advocates hope will become more widespread in government.

Digital Government

Obama pulls Takai nomination for Defense CIO

Defense Department reorganization prompted the move, which will calls for a stronger role for the tech chief.

Digital Government

CIOs will easily meet first accountability initiative goals

Tech chiefs should focus on measuring what they get in return for their IT investments, CIO says.

Digital Government

Former Defense social media expert says don't resist

How the Pentagon came around to welcome the new technologies and encourage troops to use them.

Digital Government

Supreme Court will weigh in on NASA contractor dispute

Case involving privacy rights of California scientists could have significant impact on process of background checks.

Digital Government

Senate passes bill boosting telework

Compromise legislation must pass the House before being sent to President Obama.