Digital Government
Paper Social Security checks will become obsolete in May
Treasury announces final rules for electronic delivery expected to reduce theft and save $1 billion over 10 years.
Digital Government
Missing GPO laptops contained no sensitive data, agency says
Statement addresses IG concerns that secret intelligence and passport information might have been compromised.
Digital Government
DHS to speed traveler identity verification
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has yet to fully impose new document requirements.
Digital Government
Take a parting shot in 2010…
As we finish up 2010—and our first year of this blog—we’ve gotten a good measure of what the members of federal workforce think about a pretty broad range of issues.
People
Senate approves fed employee pay freeze
The Senate has approved a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 4 that includes a two-year pay freeze for all civilian federal employees.
Digital Government
Agency funding rules could challenge Obama's IT reform plan
When Federal CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled the White House IT management reform plan earlier this month, he said one of its toughest elements would be aligning the budget process with the technology cycle.
People
GSA's acquisition center reorganizing for new year
Among other changes, Ed O’Hare, assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services, is retiring January 15 and will be replaced by Mary Davie.
People
GSA claims savings from video wall
The General Services Administration expects to save 14,000 kilowatt-hours per year with its new low-power video wall installation in the San Francisco federal building.
People
HHS doesn't have plan for IT pandemic surveillance, GAO says
A 2006 law requires the Health and Human Services Department to produce a strategic plan for monitoring public health electronically in near-real time, but the department hasn't done so, according to GAO.
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