Modernization
California, Boston win awards for best government websites
Portals run by the state of California and the city of Boston were tops among municipal Web sites in a recent "Best of the Web" competition.
People
White House set to monitor federal performance goals online
President Barack Obama addressed about 8,000 federal managers in the Senior Executive Service today to gain their support for six performance improvement strategies.
Digital Government
Correction: Which projects are on OMB's watch list?
This article has been updated to correct the name of the contractor on FBI’s Sentinel program. The contractor is Lockheed Martin.
Digital Government
Beware of an impending e-records train wreck
Outdated technologies and inadequate transparency are hampering HHS's electronic health records effort, but the experience could provide lessons other agencies can use to avoid similar pitfalls, says columnist Michael Daconta.
Digital Government
Cops, collection agencies turn to data analytics
Some state and local agencies are turning to business analytics software to help fight crime and collect taxes and other payments.
Digital Government
DHS to combine databases for immigration management
A new Homeland Security Department system will combine data from multiple databases to detect fraud more readily and respond to information requests more quickly.
Acquisition
Proposal writers should do the work too
Blogger Steve Kelman takes a dim view of the practice of having professional proposal writers who are not involved in carrying out the work they bid.
Digital Government
Trimming your waste
For decades, the federal workplace has been rife with exhortations to be vigilant for “waste, fraud or abuse.” But up until now, much of the “waste” part of that—whether perceived as waste or not—has been chalked up to the cost of doing business.
Digital Government
President reminds senior executives performance is king
In a message to top leaders, Obama underscores the importance of government reform efforts such as closing the IT gap.
Digital Government
GSA grants dozens of agencies deadline exceptions for Networx
More than 40 agencies have until August 2011 to file plans to transition to the new telecommunications services.
Digital Government
To text or not to text during emergencies
Some recommend sending messages via handhelds, but others say it's not reliable.
Modernization
Accountability starts with Networx transition, data center consolidation
As part of Obama's accountable government initiative, OMB also plans to track on Performance.gov agencies' progress in other efforts such as cloud computing.
Cybersecurity
What's the Future of Cyber Spending?
Tim Stevens, a blogger and researcher in the War Studies Department at King's College in London, pondered on Monday at risk the United Kingdom's cybersecurity budget may be in the future given the nation's tight budget and poor economic outlook. Writing for Forbes.com, Stevens says despite the promises to spend more on cybersecurity - "the Tories labeled the U.K. the <a href=http://ubiwar.com/2009/09/25/uk-cyber-strategy-overhaul-needed-say-tories/sick man of cybersecurity</a>," he wrote - the expected £2 billion earmarked for security may fall to financial realities.
Digital Government