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
IT, Friends Predict Flu Outbreaks
Using electronic health records and predictive models based on the dynamics of social networks, Harvard researchers were able to identify a group of college students who came down with the flu two weeks earlier than did a randomly selected control group. Monitoring the health of individuals whose social connections make them more vulnerable to infections diseases could serve as an effective early warning system for outbreaks, the researchers said.
People
Fiscal year-end spending: Does 'use it or lose it' still rule?
Since 2001, the Office of Management has championed a number of ideas or programs intended to bring order to federal IT spending. But has it really made a difference?
Modernization
FBI resuscitates Sentinel case management system
The FBI has reshaped its Sentinel case management system so that much of the remainder of its development is performed by FBI employees.
Digital Government
How good is your emissions reporting? GSA wants to know.
GSA finds it feasible for companies to report their emissions data in a voluntary system and is moving ahead with the idea.
People
Mythbuster: Federal workers not overpaid, senator asserts
News stories charging that federal employees are grossly overpaid are based on "a flawed reading of statistical data," according to Sen. Ted Kaufman.
Acquisition
$1B in stimulus money at VA poorly tracked, IG says
The inspector general is taking the Veterans Health Administration to task for gaps in its oversight of contractors receiving economic stimulus law funding.
Digital Government
House net neutrality bill could be introduced soon
The House Energy and Commerce Committee may introduce a net neutrality bill sometime this week sources told CongressDaily's blog Tech Daily Dose.
Digital Government
OMB kills Justice system, revises another at Interior
As part of ongoing review, White House eliminates a litigation case management system and requires additional milestones for the Incident Management Analysis and Reporting System.
Cybersecurity
CIOs are ahead of the curve on improving accountability
Some technology executives already were on the path to enhanced scrutiny of risky projects, before President Obama sent a reminder.
Modernization
Soldiers show some ingenuity during tests of next-generation radios
The Army holds a two-week exercise to determine the limits of a new advanced communications system that allows troops to tap into broadband to send satellite images and to talk in chat rooms.
Ideas
The Cyberwar Echo Chamber
Pentagon officials are starting to repeat one another's cyberwar rhetoric. Hello, is this an echo chamber?
Digital Government