Digital Government
Estimates vary on the effect of the NASA stimulus
Estimates vary widely on how much the space agency's spending may benefit the economy.
Digital Government
Transportation to unveil database standards to improve highway safety
Officials are creating standard definitions for data fields and combining some operational activities.
Modernization
Air traffic control modernization program takes step forward
American Airlines jet lands using new satellite-based technology designed to replace FAA's decades-old radar systems, an advance that could allow carriers to fly in poor weather and save fuel.
Digital Government
Wikileaks case could be the push to update espionage laws
Lawyer Gilead Light says social media and the volume of electronic information creates new ways to leak classified data, something decades-old statutes never envisioned.
Digital Government
If you didn't get that federal job, read this ...
Folks who have not landed federal jobs they've been after will not be surprised to hear that a report released yesterday by the Partnership for Public Service reveals that the "weakest link" in the federal hiring chain is the assessment of job applicants.
Digital Government
Poor Tech Hampers Applicants
The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and PDRI, a human resources consulting firm, issued a <a href=http://www.govexec.com/pdfs/082610l1.pdf>report</a> on Thursday that "found government does a poor job of evaluating applicants for federal positions," according to an <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45992&dcn=todaysnews>article</a> on Government Executive.
Digital Government
NGA's Sticking With Google
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=482ab868878ecd0bd81d978216718820&_cview=0>tweaked</a> on Wednesday its <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/08/google_now_owns_earth.php>original announcement</a> from last week to award a sole-source contract to Google for geospatial visualization services so outfits such as Microsoft can apply.
Cybersecurity
RIM Makes Nice
In the latest attempt by Research In Motion to juggle the privacy of its customers with the demands of foreign governments, the company offered to lead an industry forum in India to develop recommendations for policies and processes aimed at preventing the misuse of encryption technologies.
Digital Government
Drone helicopter violates DC airspace
The Navy admits it lost control of a drone helicopter for half an hour in restricted airspace in Washington, D.C.
Modernization
White House attention nudges e-archive toward completion by September 2011
The National Archives and Records Administration is putting its electronic archive project on track for completion in a year after the program landed on a White House list of high-risk projects.
Digital Government
The cyberattack that awakened the Pentagon
Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn today outlined the five pillars of the DOD’s strategy for defending against and responding to cyber attacks against the nation’s critical infrastructure and .mil networks.
Digital Government
SBA names its minority small business person of the year
Patrick Hughes of Hughes Group LLC wins the Minority Small Business Person of the Year award from the Small Business Administration.
Digital Government
PowerPoint, Firefox, other apps at risk from Windows vulnerability
Exploits are already being published for newly confirmed security hole, which results from a Dynamic Link Library flaw. Hundreds of apps could be affected, and they would have to be patched individually.
Digital Government
Industry anticipates MUMPS decision on VA's VistA modernization
Industry members have strong opinions on whether the Veterans Affairs Department should retain VistA's existing computer language is it becomes modernized
Digital Government
Doctors cry, 'Enough!'
IT folks, in their perpetual quest to protect computerized data, favor ever-more-complicated user passwords. Doctors are crying, "Enough!"
Acquisition