Digital Government
Doctors Go Digital
Stimulus payments are putting e-records within reach for many health care providers.
Cybersecurity
Agencies to close 137 data centers and move 100 email systems to the cloud
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra downplayed security concerns about storing government data on privately owned servers.
Digital Government
Obama orders streamlining of federal websites
Managers of some 20,000 sites told to draw from private sector practices to improve customer service.
Digital Government
The Royal Wedding: Good reasons to ignore it
Streaming video will encircle, nay, strangle the globe, and the Prattle Royale will continue all day. It might not be as pretty as you think.
Acquisition
GSA's Mary Davie urges 'doing things differently' in acquisition
Mary Davie, assistant commissioner for the General Services Administration, addressed a conference room full of federal procurement employees at the Federal IT Acquisition Summit.
People
Federal managers: Room for improvement?
The consensus among readers is that federal managers often don't get the job done. But what can be done about it?
Digital Government
Obama, DOD see conflicts of interest differently
New White House proposal would give agencies more flexibility when faced with potential harm to the government and other vendors.
People
Acquisition officials share tips on communication, transparency
Federal acquisition professionals shared tips for improving communications between program managers and contracting officials at the Federal IT Acquisition Summit.
Modernization
Budget squeeze: One CIO's story of survival
EPA's new CIO, Malcolm Jackson, proposes five steps to making progress on IT during a time of doing "three things with the same dollars that we used to do two things with."
Digital Government
A truly effective Facebook scam :(
Knowledge of human psychology helps scammers trick Facebook users, writes Steve Kelman.
People
OMB tells agencies to cancel print subscriptions to Federal Register
Agencies have been told to stop subscribing to the print edition of the government's journal, the Federal Register.
Digital Government
Franken sets hearing on iPhone tracking
In the thick of privacy questions resulting from the discovery that Apple monitors consumers' GPS locations in an unprotected way, Sen. Al Franken announces a hearing on the subject.
Modernization