Digital Government
State lawmakers oppose open source for VA health records
Five Wisconsin lawmakers are urging the VA and Defense Department to consider the benefits of a single vendor for an electronic health record system, according to a Nextgov report.
People
Employee swap: OFPP contemplates exchange program
Trading employees for short-term projects may broaden workers' careers while providing their expertise to a department in need.
Digital Government
More notes from Israel -- Coca Cola, Purim and struggle
Steve Kelman takes note of Israelis' preference in soft drinks and passion for a holiday.
Modernization
Lawmakers need 'somebody to educate us' on wireless technologies, senator says
Senator Michael Jungbauer (R-Minn.) says that states need "somebody to educate us" on wireless innovation to help make policy and infrastructure decisions.
People
Getting government datasets to talk the same language
Brand Niemann explains how and why we should make data universally accessible on the Semantic Web.
People
Job performance has little effect on raises, step increases
Federal pay freeze doesn't affect step raises, but new data shows that poor job performance is rarely a bar to raises.
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
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