Digital Government
New Tool Helps Feds Plan Travel
For traveling federal employees, the question usually is how much can I spend on my hotel and what is there to do in the area. Well now there is an app that tries to provide answers.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity gets faster with blending of two protocols
The integration of government's Security Content Automation Protocols with TCG's Trusted Network Connect could add automated policy enforcement to scanning and evaluation of security status.
Digital Government
DOD officials face Senate ire over budgetary measures
DOD officials were questioned over plans for trimming the defense budget, including closing the Joint Forces Command.
Digital Government
Should your agency be run more like a business?
Every once in a while the argument surfaces that government should be run like a business. Well, one federal entity already is run like a business: the U.S. Postal Service.
Digital Government
Kundra sets new IPv6 deadlines
The Obama administration has set deadlines and offered guidelines for the transition of government networks to the next generation of Internet Protocols.
Digital Government
Defense brass tells Hill reasons for shutting CIO office
Combat commanders do not know which organization to ask for IT solutions, but industry worries the changes could lead to the top tech position not having the authority to manage systems properly.
Digital Government
White House boosts effort to keep fake products out of procurement
New interagency group aims to stop counterfeit goods from entering Defense supply chain.
Digital Government
Twitter Uses NSA PR Playbook
At first glance there's no similarity between the oh-so-hip-microblogging service Twitter and the staid and secretive National Security Agency.
Digital Government
Texting About A Texting Ban
In something of an irony, the Transportation Department considered comments from an online dialogue promoted via text-messaging service Twitter to finalize a new rule that bans commercial truck and bus operators from texting while driving. The regulation, which was <a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-23861.htm">published</a> in Monday's <em>Federal Register</em>, cites comments contributed by Cornell Law School's pilot initiative to crowdsource rulemaking, or tap the wisdom of the online masses to inform policy.
Digital Government
Army tests electronic, updatable manuals for the field
The Army is testing a variety of applications and devices, including a Kindle, six iPads and an Entourage Edge, as potential platforms for battlefield systems manuals.
Digital Government
Top 10 signs you have a Rising Star on staff
FCW cartoonist and blogger John Klossner suggests 10 totally believable signs that a colleague might be a future Rising Star award winner.
Digital Government
Big Brother wants to surf the Net with you
The Obama administration wants Congress to require online services such as Facebook to ensure they can comply with wiretap orders.
Digital Government
Net neutrality bill gives FCC no new rulemaking power
The Federal Communications Commission will not have rulemaking authority under a network neutrality bill that key House Democrats plan to introduce soon, according to a recent draft obtained by CongressDaily's Tech Daily Dose blog.
Digital Government
Services nominate officers for key information systems positions
Air Force chooses commanders for the Electronic Systems Center and the 14th Air Force, while the Army names chief and deputy chief of staff.
Digital Government