Digital Government

Galaxy Tabs introduce device-level encryption to Android devices

CTIA Device of the Day: Galaxy Tabs feature device-level encryption, a first for any Android device, and Samsung, unlike Apple, had the enterprise in mind when developing its tablets.

Digital Government

BlackBerry PlayBook in action: Some hands-on video time

Mobile Platform ran into BlackBerry reps at CTIA Wireless and forced them to give us some hands-on video time.

Digital Government

Feds need to go viral

We saw a political cartoon lately that boiled down the current benefits debate to its bare bones. In it, a private-sector worker points at a public-sector worker and says: "I don’t have a pension, so you shouldn’t have one either!"

Digital Government

CIOs aren't CIOs for long

ComputerWorld

Digital Government

How can the government improve? Tell it.

The Obama administration wants to hear from feds as it begins a government reorganization effort.

Digital Government

'Ludicrous' Defense contract keeps Reserve physicians from treating troops, congressman says

Reserve and National Guard doctors and dentists can provide medical care for the homeless in their communities, but not their troops, during drill weekends, says lawmaker who is also a Reserve doctor.

Modernization

Wyden seeks to clarify when government can track mobile data

Draft legislation would ease stalemate between law enforcement's need for speed and citizen desire for privacy while using cellphones, GPS.

Digital Government

Senators miffed over drunk driver apps

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Bill takes aim at retirement benefits

A new bill would end the defined-benefit portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System for new federal hires.

Digital Government

IT Salaries Down 3.2 Percent

Digital Government

DOD reconsiders the insourcing question

Officials look more strategically at the acquisition workforce, but there are concerns about who DOD sees as part of that group.

Digital Government

VA attacked for poor use of Facebook, other social media

Veterans Affairs Department officials are confronting criticism that they are not doing enough to reach veterans on Facebook and social networks.