Digital Government
Defense Science Board urges new technology and tactics
Enemy's use of digital communications in action in Afghanistan and Iraq requires swifter U.S. adaptation, report says.
Digital Government
Readers fret about shutdown risk
Our readers express anger, worry, cynicism in face of possible government shutdown.
Cybersecurity
IT management is key to security, CIO says
Government IT security lags behind the private sector because of a lack of centralized budget operational authority, VA’s Roger Baker said.
People
VA CIO says department has $700M carryover money for IT
The Veterans Affairs Department's IT budget is facing cuts in fiscal 2012, but there is $700 million in leftover funds from previous years, says CIO Roger Baker.
Digital Government
White House wants 'disruptive' shift in IT strategy, Kundra says
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra pushes for a major change in federal IT strategy away from asset ownership and toward buying IT services.
Digital Government
Furloughs … all you ever wanted to know
Government shutdown? At this point, it’s anyone’s guess. As lawmakers prepare to reconvene after the Presidents Day recess, word of another short-term continuing resolution to head off a shutdown already has begun to circulate.
Modernization
Veterans Affairs kicks off cloud e-mail
Government's largest cloud computing program to date will cost $150 million and transfer 600,000 VA employee mailboxes.
Digital Government