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
Army Testing Combat Gizmos
White Sands Missile Range, N.M. -- The Army is conducting pass-or-fail tests here of <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100409_1179.php>battlefield communications systems</a>, including wideband versions of the Joint Tactical Radio System, and robots and sensors, said Paul Mehney, a spokesman for the service's integration operation.
Digital Government
Incentives Drive Meaningful Use
Federal financial incentives designed to spur health care organizations toward meeting meaningful use standards for electronic health records are living up to their name.
Cybersecurity
TechAmerica: Just Do It
In hopes that Congress will get something of note accomplished before year's end, IT industry association TechAmerica released a statement on Friday encouraging the Senate to pass a vote on several popular cybersecurity reforms before breaking later this month.
Cybersecurity
GSA may recompete HSPD-12 contract
Violations of procurement policies revealed in an IG report could lead to a new competition for a services contract at GSA.
Digital Government
Social media becomes a diplomatic battleground
The U.S. government isn't the only national government using social media applications.
Digital Government
DOD marches forward with social media
With new rules, DOD is expanding its use of social media applications, including Web 2.0 tools that stay behind military firewalls.
Digital Government
Roger Baker razzes reporters on lost BlackBerrys
The CIO of Veterans Affairs has been doing a lot of explaining about lost and stolen BlackBerrys at the agency.
Cybersecurity
VA gets visibility with cybersecurity tool
A VA IT official said a new tool that provides an overview of all computers and IT devices on the department's central network should be operating soon.
Digital Government
GIS' future is with crowds, clouds ... and 4-D
Geospatial technologies are exploding -- into crowdsourced applications, cloud platforms, and 3-D and 4-D environments.
People
Senators press OMB nominee on contracting reforms
Senators questioned Obama's nominee for OMB director during his confirmation hearing, getting insights on how he would run the agency.
Digital Government
Speak to us, Gen-X
According to numbers released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average tenure of federal employees has dropped from 11.5 years in 2000 to 7.9 years in 2010.
Digital Government
Security and data ownership: Old issues in a new wineskin
Security and data center ownership were big issues 15 years ago when the federal government attempted to move agencies to consolidate data centers and share information technology services. Guess what? They still are today.
Digital Government
Culture, management issues continue to affect consolidation efforts
The success of data center consolidation initiatives will be determined more by culture and management issues than technology, according to federal managers and industry experts speaking at a recent conference on data center optimization.
Digital Government
Social Security Administration assigns modernization work
Lockheed Martin will support software development and Accenture will help with emerging technologies.
Digital Government