Digital Government

iGoogle, or something like it, could significantly improve border security

Retired Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen says Border Patrol agents must simplify the way they share information.

Acquisition

GSA's defenders line up

Rep. Jeff Denham's call to dismantle GSA meets skepticism and opposition in the acquisition community.

People

Lawyer urges feds to follow 'obey-now-grieve-later' rule

Take a stand for what's right, but not to the point of insubordination, lawyer advises.

Digital Government

GSA tool lets people verify genuine federal social media accounts

The General Services Administration's Social Media Registry is designed to allow agencies to manage their social media accounts while validating them for users worried that they might be fake.

Modernization

Cloud could squeeze even more savings, says survey

New estimates indicate agencies could save significantly more with cloud computing than they already are.

Acquisition

Issa warns against 'gimmicks' at technology field hearings

Two senior Democratic members of the House committee ask for field hearing to look at IT, acquisition priorities, but Rep. Darrell Issa has strong words for them.

Digital Government

Judge denies request to release Bin Laden photos

The Justice Department argued the images would provoke an anti-American backlash.

Digital Government

Controversial cyber bill sails through House

The president has threatened to veto CISPA if it reaches his desk.

Digital Government

FAS commissioner: Dan Tangherlini’s 'got our back'

GSA's acting administrator gets high praise from agency colleague.

Digital Government

Korea copes with multiculturalism

Steve Kelman observes how Korea's culture is become much more ethnically diverse.

Digital Government

Departing Lockheed CEO notes long-term pressures facing defense industry

The company exceeded expectations on first-quarter profits.

Cybersecurity

Defense to spy on its own data

Tool finds red flags without connecting to an end-user device, making it a good fit for smartphones and other mobile technology.

Digital Government

The Almost-Everything-You-Wanted-to-Know iEHR Summit

What will Roger Baker be doing during the summit on interagency electronic health records?

Digital Government

Army seeks wind-measuring devices to help snipers fire on target

The military wants battery-operated devices that could be mounted on weapons.

Digital Government

Draft House measure demands nuclear capability in bomber from get-go

Provision would toss out existing Air Force plans to phase in a nuclear capability only after a Long Range Strike bomber is initially fielded.

People

PSC: New research center isn't CMS' only option

As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid updates to meet the new health-care law, one industry group says officials have more options that launching a research center.

Acquisition

VA official explains decision to halt reverse auctions

Jan Frye says reverse auctions seem to have allowed contracting officers to take a lax approach to their work.

Modernization

USAJobs.gov user satisfaction hasn't recovered from last year's nosedive

After the debut of the new iteration of USAJobs fizzled, user satisifaction dropped and has still not recovered.

Modernization

Citizens have an appetite for more digital government worldwide, survey shows

Digital government services are on a roll, and the next generation of services could include electronic mailboxes and secure identification as a service, according to a new survey by Accenture.