Digital Government
FEHBP database raises privacy concerns
Observers say OPM's new tool leaves sensitive patient information vulnerable to attack.
Digital Government
Gates names Wennergren to new Defense management post
Deputy chief information officer takes over as assistant deputy chief management officer in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Digital Government
GAO debuts new online report technology
GAO is piloting a new online E-Report to accompany its familiar PDF products with the release of a study on slippages in NOAA's next-generation weather satellite program.
Digital Government
Are you a healthy fed?
If you are like a lot of American workers, you spend a lot of time behind a desk. That means that for eight hours a day, your primary source of exercise may well be walking to the copier or coffee machine.
Digital Government
Canada's VA Investigates Vet Critics
Veterans Affairs Canada has found a nifty way to try and derail high-profile veterans who complain about its failure to deliver services: investigate them in a manner reminiscent of how long time FBI director J. Edgar Hoover went after folks he did not like.
Ideas
CIOs Not Into CyberScope
Although use of CyberScope, a mandatory new system for reporting on information security in federal agencies, is required by November 15, fewer than one in five federal information technology chiefs have tried using the program.
Cybersecurity
Canada's Cyber Strategy Vague, Too
Canada released its <a href=http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/cbr/_fl/ccss-scc-eng.pdf>Cybersecurity Strategy</a> plan this month, calling the protection of government and corporate computer systems "a daunting challenge."
Digital Government
Major IT Vendors Violated Labor Laws
Federal auditors identified four information technology contractors that have committed big violations of health or wage regulations, as part of an investigation of 15 suppliers with prior offenses that won awards totaling more than $6 billion in 2009.
Digital Government
Improving EHR's Safety Record
The Institute of Medicine will undertake a year-long study of how best to fulfill one of the great promises of health information technology: improving patient safety.
Digital Government
VA two years behind schedule on issuing secure ID cards, IG concludes
The Veterans Affairs Department is nearly two years behind schedule in implementing secure credentials for employees and contractors as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
People
Low participation in SSA video contest is latest in a lackluster series
News analysis: A public relations expert offers remedies for recent video contests sponsored by the Social Security Administration and other agencies that generated relatively few entries.
Digital Government
GTSI suspended from federal government contracting
GTSI has been suspended from winning new government contracts but vows to defend itself against charges that it inappropriately received small-business contract dollars.
People