People
7 lessons worth learning from the Navy Social Media Handbook
The Navy's recently published Social Media Handbook has some good lessons for everyone, write Kristin Bockius and Mark Drapeau, Microsoft's resident social media experts.
Digital Government
Obama announces two-year federal pay freeze
Civilian employees will not see any raises in 2011 or 2012.
Digital Government
Air Force Extends $9 billion NETCENTS contract
Delays in $28 billion follow-on award forced the extension.
Digital Government
WikiLeaks: One analyst, so many documents
How could Bradley Manning alone have leaked so much classified material?
Digital Government
Countering WikiLeaks could stifle information sharing
Experts favor efforts to change behavior of would-be leakers rather than seeking new technical ways to protect secret government data.
Digital Government
Never a dull moment
Well, it looks like feds are being asked by the White House to share the pain of the private sector with a two-year pay freeze.
People
Open government beats FOIA for information access
People are being encouraged to bypass the lengthy legal process to request government data and go directly to agency open government offices, according to White House Deputy CTO Beth Noveck.
People
Why not more software reuse?
Blogger Steve Kelman believes the federal government could make big gains by making it a priority to reuse software wherever possible.
Digital Government
Minority, civil rights groups back Rush for communications panel
Groups cite Chicago Democrat for his work on 1996 telecommunications act.
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