Digital Government

Jacob Lew gets a step closer to OMB

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People

New tool adds geospatial capabilities to federal data website

The White House's Data.gov website that features multiple datasets for download now has a new capability to show the data geospatially.

Digital Government

American Security Challenge to honor Gen. Alexander

This year's American Security Challenge will feature a ceremony to honor Gen. Keith Alexander with the 2010 Patriot Award.

People

Justice kills case management project; Interior tries plan B for data tool

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced two more actions as a result of the ongoing White House review of 26 high-priority IT projects.

Modernization

National Archives puts 3,000 historic documents online

The National Archives and Records Administration debuts an online repository of historic documents, such as George Washington's handwritten draft of the U.S. Constitution.

People

DOD's IG returns fire following scathing Senate report

Defense Department Inspector General Gordon Heddell responds to a report issued by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) that blames the IG's office for overlooking fraud and straying from its core mission.

Modernization

Report: Data center consolidation faces major time, money hurdles

Scarcity of upfront funding and overly ambitious deadlines will make it challenging for agencies to meet mandate, market analysts find.

Digital Government

HHS to use data analytics to uncover Medicare, Medicaid fraud

Software tools will weed out potential incidents of abuse by flagging suspicious activities and anomalies, including unusual patterns in billing and applications for health services, in systems that process requests.

Digital Government

Senators urge Defense, VA to combine needs for medical systems

The departments' programs to modernize their respective electronic health record networks are similar but neither has explained how they will share requirements.

Digital Government

How are you coping with those creeping health care costs?

Once again, folks, yet another premier report shows the cost of health care spiking ever upward. And, in the face of flat-lining salaries following the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the report shows America’s employees are paying a bigger and bigger share of these ballooning costs.

Cybersecurity

VA gets visibility with cybersecurity tool

Federal Computer Week

Cybersecurity

Canada to U.S.: Step Up

Canada's privacy commissioner took a swipe at her U.S. counterparts on Monday.

Ideas

For HHS, the Eye is on the Prize

For the Health and Human Services Department, Health IT is all about knowing the end result.

Digital Government

Even When It's Good, It Isn't

Agencies may find it difficult to attract information technology workers now, but could the government lose even those that it has convinced to join the workforce when the economy improves?

Digital Government

An Army Smart Phone Webinar

Be forewarned: This is a shameless plug.