People
Federal mobility, Web reform strategies to be consolidated
Government IT officials plan on merging federal mobility ad Web reforms into one guidance.
Cybersecurity
Watchdog group says DHS privacy guidance allows researchers to break the law
The Homeland Security Department is considering adopting new privacy guidance for Internet-based research that allows investigators to break the law, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Acquisition
Administration tunes up contracting rules
Rule revisions tackle small business, cost-reimbursement contracts, multiple-award contracts, and small companies owned by women.
Modernization
Census bureau to track assets with RFID in pilot program
The Census Bureau has put out a call to vendors to provide information on RFID systems that could track thousands of assets.
Cybersecurity
DHS cybersecurity exec leaving
The Homeland Security Department is losing an assistant secretary for cybersecurity, effective today, according to a report by Politico.
People
Feds pledge to telework more during national Telework Week
More than 61,000 have pledged to work remotely next week, the majority of whom are federal employees.
People
Internet outage strikes at Pentagon, other facilities
'Technical issues' tripped up Internet access at the Pentagon and other DISA facilities on March 1.
People
GSA: Reuse, recycle electronics, and avoid landfills
Federal agencies are banned from disposing of electronics in landfills or incinerators under new policy.
Digital Government
Plans to curb online piracy stall in gun-shy Congress
It's been more than a month since lawmakers shelved legislation to help curb piracy on foreign websites and neither side appears ready yet to sit down and figure out the next steps.
Modernization
Cloud computing's success hinges on rapid certification
The FedRAMP accreditation program aims to quickly approve security controls of Web-based services.
Digital Government
Microsoft Kinect takes a swipe at visualization, geospatial apps
Government Computer News
Modernization
Air Force considers dumping PCs for 1.2 million thin clients
The Air Force could send personal computers to the junkyard by 2014, depending on the results of a study to replace them with thin clients -- 1 million on unclassified networks and 220,000 on classified networks.
Digital Government