Digital Government
What to name baby? SSA has a new mobile app for that.
The Social Security Administration is putting thousands of baby names within easy reach with a new iPhone application.
People
HHS to deploy new anti-fraud software for Medicare
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that new predictive fraud-catching tools for Medicare will go into effect on July 1.
Acquisition
Continuity after Kundra
The departure of federal CIO Vivek Kundra puts continuity in the spotlight, writes Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
New Adobe platform would personalize an agency website for individual users
The product also would simplify citizen interaction with agencies by instantly pulling together multiple records.
Modernization
Treasury seeks brainy search engine to help follow terrorist money
The software must be able to work with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's existing fraud-detection application to probe a database of large transactions.
Digital Government
Fire fighters battling blazes in the Southwest are relying on high-tech tools
GIS systems, GPS data and satellite, and Wi-Fi networks help fire managers plan strategy.
Modernization
ATF didn't act on electronic tracking of illegal weapons, report alleges
Agents reportedly failed to use eTrace to stop firearms from being smuggled to drug cartels in Mexico.
Modernization
Liability in the cloud: a complex forecast
As data is stored and transmitted across international borders via cloud infrastructures a growing concern is: who should be held liable for data breaches when information flows across jurisdictions?
Digital Government
Hackers declare open season on government websites
Two notorious hacker groups have teamed up in an effort to attack federal sites, steal data and vandalize pages.
Digital Government
The best of the federal blogosphere
Smart phones for behavioral health care; Who are Fannie and Freddie?; Invasion of the photo snappers; Art unplugged.
Cybersecurity
Recommended reading
When insiders go rogue; Celebrating the network revolution; The truth about multitasking; Barriers to CIOs' progress.
Modernization
DISA reveals strategy for near future directions
The Defense Information Systems Agency 2011-2012 Campaign Plan adds more focus and definition to the agency's near- and long-term directions, including a renewed emphasis on enterprise services and mobile-computing technologies.
Digital Government