Digital Government
Energy Department announces $30 million in biofuels research funding
Package comes as the biofuels industry watches biofuels tax incentives arduously make their way through the Senate and House tax packages.
Cybersecurity
OPM credits IT for shorter security clearance process
The Office of Personnel Management credits its advanced use of IT tools for cutting the time it takes to process federal personnel security clearances.
Digital Government
Treasury announces senior tech hires
Tim Duncan and David Forrest will be the senior technology leaders for the implementation team at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Digital Government
Here come those 2011 deductibles ...
OK—the 2010 open season for the Federal Employees Healthcare Benefits Program is finally history. The time for looking at rate charts, brochures and competing plans is over.
Cybersecurity
Gawker hack may put government workers at risk
Government employees who accessed the popular Gawker websites from work may want to take precautions in the wake of the hack attack, according to a report.
Digital Government
SSA seen going 90 percent electronic
An advisory panel to the Social Security Administration strongly recommends expanding the agency's electronic transactions.
Digital Government
Army PEO EIS gets new senior leader
Army Program Executive Office gets a new senior leader, promoted up through the ranks.
People
Why OMB’s IT reform plan just might work
Blogger Steve Kelman finds a lot to like in OMB’s new IT reform report.
Cybersecurity
Aftermath of WikiLeaks flap underscores vulnerabilities of the cloud
Denial-of-service attacks show the risks to operations when agencies rely on third parties to host IT services, say cybersecurity experts.
Digital Government
GSA aims to make agency websites more user-friendly
Program uses inexpensive testing methods to identify the most serious problems with federal sites.
Digital Government
Former Clinton official backs auction of D Block communication spectrum
James Lee Witt says it would take public safety agencies too long to finance and build out a national broadband network themselves.
Modernization
3 arguments for telework managed services
Managed services offer one way to avoid the network problems that can plague teleworkers, writes Tony Bardo, assistant vice president for government solutions at Hughes.
People