People
Fed health IT leader submits resignation
Dr. David Blumenthal has been leading the federal effort to distribute about $20 billion in economic stimulus law funding for electronic health record implementations across the country.
Acquisition
Army secretary directs strategic insourcing
Proposals now must be fully documented and justified before they get senior officials' approval.
Digital Government
DOD, VA not working well together on digital medical records, GAO says
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments aren't working effectively together on a strategy for joint digital medical records, a new report says.
People
Budget proposes cuts to some service contracts
The 2012 budget is expected to be lean, and details of some of the proposed cuts are beginning to emerge.
Modernization
White House e-mail service fails
The White House's unclassified e-mail system went down early Thursday; the reason was unknown by late Thursday afternoon.
Cybersecurity
'Kill switch' bill returns just as Egypt shuts down Internet
Senators plan to reintroduce a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, but recent events in Egypt have reignited controversy over the purported potential for a presidential “kill switch” for the Internet.
Acquisition
Contracting officers get too friendly with contractors, senator says
Contracting officers lose objectivity because they are too friendly with companies, McCaskill says.
Digital Government
Website aims to collect info on 'burdensome' regulations
Stearns is getting input on which laws are thought to be stifling economic growth.
Digital Government
Internet hits key milestone
ICANN's Internet Assigned Numbers Authority allocated the last blocks, containing about 60 million IPv4 addresses, to the five Regional Internet Registries on Thursday.
Digital Government
Army taps Second Life for troop and family support
Virtual resiliency center will offer everything from exercise classes to tools for coping with the stress of multiple deployments.
Modernization
Age gap narrowing in use of mobile devices
As expected, the oldest Americans tend to lag behind their younger neighbors in use of new technologies.
Digital Government
Social media tends to be a one-way communication for FEMA
The tools are one way to get the message out about disasters, said George Haddow, who served as deputy chief of staff at FEMA under James Lee Witt, FEMA administrator during the Clinton administration.
People