Digital Government
Army tests electronic, updatable manuals for the field
The Army is testing a variety of applications and devices, including a Kindle, six iPads and an Entourage Edge, as potential platforms for battlefield systems manuals.
Ideas
Wikileaks' OGov Lessons
What the ongoing furor over the WikiLeaks phenomenon has revealed, <a href="http://www.thenation.com/print/article/154780/wikileaks-and-hacktivist-culture">writes</a> Peter Ludlow, author of <em>Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias</em>, "is that the media and government agencies believe there is a single protagonist to be concerned with--something of a James Bond villain, if you will."
Digital Government
Top 10 signs you have a Rising Star on staff
FCW cartoonist and blogger John Klossner suggests 10 totally believable signs that a colleague might be a future Rising Star award winner.
Acquisition
SSA's tracking of computer buys is a mess, IG says in report
It's not possible to know if the Social Security Administration overpaid or underpaid for some computers because the recordkeeping is so poor, according to a new report.
Digital Government
Big Brother wants to surf the Net with you
The Obama administration wants Congress to require online services such as Facebook to ensure they can comply with wiretap orders.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers pressure DHS on financial modernization program
Two House Democrats have written the White House to criticize a Homeland Security Department financial system upgrade expected to cost as much as $1 billion.
People
FBI agents cheated on computerized exam, IG says
The FBI's inspector general today alleged that agents and supervisors cheated on an operations exam delivered online.
Cybersecurity
Army awards $1.2 billion contract for NSA data center in Utah
The massive facility will support the federal Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative to protect intelligence, Defense and civilian agencies' networks from cyberattacks.
Digital Government
HUD issues to IBM new, cheaper financial management upgrade
Reworked project is part of the Obama administration's initiative to improve expensive, troubled systems.
Digital Government
Services nominate officers for key information systems positions
Air Force chooses commanders for the Electronic Systems Center and the 14th Air Force, while the Army names chief and deputy chief of staff.
Digital Government
Net neutrality bill gives FCC no new rulemaking power
The Federal Communications Commission will not have rulemaking authority under a network neutrality bill that key House Democrats plan to introduce soon, according to a recent draft obtained by CongressDaily's Tech Daily Dose blog.
Ideas
Europe to Google: Not in My Front Yard
Another European country has blocked <a href=http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/>Google Street View</a> from taking pictures in their country, as some Europeans fight the program that provides panoramic views of locations from the street level.
Cybersecurity
Israel Targets Iran with Stuxnet Worm?
The Stuxnet computer worm - described as possibly the most dangerous malware because it can target and control specified industrial machinery - is thought to have been created in Israel to specifically target a nuclear power plant in Iran, reports the Guardian in London.
Digital Government
DOD's Biggest Cyber Challenge?
For the Defense Department's Cyber Command, looking for qualified cybersecurity employees is the easy part. Finding them is turning out to be a difficult prospect.
Digital Government