Digital Government
Contractors want to review troubled technology projects with OMB
Vendors say administration officials should allow them to weigh in on fixing the management of high-risk initiatives and should keep companies abreast of development interruptions.
Modernization
Agencies use old and new tech to monitor, prepare for Hurricane Earl
The National Hurricane Center relies on satellite images supplemented by advanced equipment that accurately measures wind speeds, while FEMA taps in to social media to help residents prepare for landfall.
Digital Government
DISA says more employees willing to make move to new HQ
Officials convinced most hard-to-replace employees will transfer from Arlington, Va., to Fort Meade, Md., due to flexible work hours and telecommuting.
Digital Government
How secure is your facility?
Two federal judges--one who decides Social Security cases, and another who presides over immigration cases--this week detailed the growing threat of violence that they, along with their families, face.
Digital Government
Navy Saves Trees With Digital Signatures
Navy Chief Information Officer Rob Carey approved an <a href=http://www.doncio.navy.mil/PolicyView.aspx?ID=1919>electronic signature policy</a> for the Navy and Marine Corps on Aug. 27 in a move designed to save paper, improve security and save money.
Cybersecurity
Intel's Mobile Cyber Claim
<em>The Baltimore Sun</em>'s financial columnist, Jay Hancock, <a href=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2010/08/intels_infineon_acquisition_a.html>wrote</a> on Monday that Intel's <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100830_9604.php?oref=topnews>announced purchase</a> of mobile chip maker Infineon is actually a smarter deal than Intel's acquisition of McAfee, which was made public on Aug. 19.
Digital Government
HHS Kicks Off EHR Certification
The Health and Human Services Department announced on Monday that it selected the first two organizations that will review whether electronic health record system meet the standards and certification criteria the federal government has set.
Ideas
Feds Bid Up Labor Costs?
For years, federal managers have complained they lose workers to the private sector mostly because they are not able to pay them as much as the private sector offers. The best and brightest go to companies for more money, as well as a faster track to upper-level management and a more entrepreneurial spirit. At least that's what most former feds have told me. Oh yeah, also because they face a huge college tuition bill for their teenage children, which is much harder to afford on a government salary.
Digital Government
The Exercise-Intelligence Link
It's pretty much understood that sitting in front of your computer all day without routine exercise can lead to some unhealthy outcomes. But getting up and walking for, say, just 40 minutes three times a week can not only slim you down, it can actually increase cognition and fight aging.
Modernization
Report says Congress needs lots of help with Web sites
Congress needs to work harder to develop best practices for lawmakers' Web sites, a report from the Brookings Institution says.
Digital Government
VA has NHIN pilot project in Indiana
The Veterans Affairs Department is testing how to exchange patient medical data electronically with private hospitals and doctors, this time in Indiana.
Digital Government
DOD's social media chief signs out
Floyd Price is leaving his DOD post in charge of social media programs after a year on the job.
People
GSA seeks to upgrade its electronic travel service
The General Services Administration wants pioneering approaches to improve its E-Government Travel System, as the agency upgrades its travel management services.
Digital Government
'War consists largely of endless tinkering with PowerPoint slides'
An Army Reserve colonel in Afghanistan is fired after writing a column slamming the military's use of PowerPoint, saying days are spent preparing, presenting and viewing slide shows.
Cybersecurity