Digital Government
Telework tool: A DOD innovation goes wide
As legislation requiring agencies to move more aggressively to allow telework comes closer to passage, managers worry about security. A tool the Air Force developed could ease their minds.
Digital Government
Cut Benefits, See Retirement Go Up
For years, government officials have predicted a wave of federal retirements, but it has yet to materialize. New Jersey may have found a way to make it a reality.
Digital Government
Gates on Leadership and Irreverence
Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates gave a talk leadership to ROTC cadets at Duke University on Wednesday in which he said good leaders need both integrity and a sense of humor about themselves.
Digital Government
Indiana U., Health IT Get Centered
Indian University's Bloomington campus is creating a new center to investigate "vexing ethical, legal and social issues" that are emerging alongside information technology that is transforming health care.
Cybersecurity
LinkedIn and ZeuS
ZeuS, a password stealing Trojan, is not a new threat but it is the cause of some discomfort for users of the social media site LinkedIn. ZeuS is a family of malware that you can buy, and various organizations run these botnets for profit. Attackers typically will try to trick you into installing the ZeuS malware with a fake link.
Ideas
Canada Launches Apps Contest
Canada's capital city plans to hold a contest for citizens to think up government services. But first someone should make sure the competition's website works.
Digital Government
U.S. Cyber Command not ready for prime time
Announcement that the U.S. Cyber Command is late in reaching full operational capability comes as the Army cyber component installs a commander and the Air Force cyber agency achieves full capabilities of its own.
Digital Government
HHS works on framework for health IT standards
David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health IT, told a House subcommittee that HHS is working on a framework for standards and interoperability of health IT.
Digital Government
Health care agency to spend $473M on IT projects
A DHS agency will spend $473 million for comparative effectiveness research on allowing patients to compare treatments.
Cybersecurity
DHS still falls short on management and integration, GAO official says
The Homeland Security Department's transformation efforts got a mixed review from a Government Accountability Office director.
People
Senate passes compromise telework bill
The Telework Improvements Act lays out the timeline for agencies to determine which of their employees are eligible to telework and to establish the policies to allow it.
People
DOD considers distributing task, delivery orders electronically
Defense Department officials want to make the electronic distribution of task and delivery orders standard.
Acquisition
Technical knowledge and government IT professionals: An oxymoron?
Do government IT pros have the expertise to know a good technical idea when the see it? And, even more importantly, can they distinguish between suggestions that are self-serving from those that are in an agency's interest?
Digital Government
But what about you newbies out there?
As readers may have noticed, we had a flood of comments responding to the question: “How did you get your federal job?”
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