Digital Government
Insourcing Tech Jobs
Federal agencies still have the green light to bring contractor jobs in-house, despite the Defense Department's recent announcement that it will abandon such efforts, <em>Government Executive</em> <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45899&dcn=todaysnews">reports</a>. Daniel Gordon, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget, said on Friday the Obama administration does not anticipate issuing guidance that would prohibit agencies from adding federal employees to do work currently being performed by contractors.
Digital Government
The End of AHLTA?
The Military Health System may have finally decided to get rid of its electronic health record system called <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/03/ahlta_maybe_not_a_noun.php>AHLTA</a>, which military clinicians loath and what S. Ward Casscells, who served as the Defense Department top doc from 2007-2009, described as being <a href=http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0908/092908wb.htm>"hard to learn and use, slow and often down"</a>. Officials are looking to replace the system with some (hopefully) easier to use commercial software.
Digital Government
Bolden comments on employees, contractors at NASA IT Summit
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke at the first-ever NASA IT Summit at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
Cybersecurity
Back to school: Meet NIST's leader for national cybersecurity education
Federal Computer Week spoke today with Ernest McDuffie, who is leading the National Institute of Standards and Technology's coordination of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
Modernization
GSA Web site to host agency competitions
The General Services Administration has created a new Web-based platform for federal agencies to hold challenges and share ideas about innovation.
Digital Government
Retirement is on Defense secretary's radar
Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells Foreign Policy magazine he is looking at stepping down from the Pentagon helm next year, but avoids exact details.
Digital Government
Risque reality TV, hip finance ministers and other Swedish stereotypes
Blogger Steve Kelman finds that some stereotypes of the Scandinavian country are fairly accurate, while others are not.
People
Top state-level IT projects to be honored
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers has announced 33 state-level information technology projects as finalists for that organization's annual awards.
People
Innovative NIH online purchasing system honored
National Institutes of Health's Purchasing Online Tracking System generates $1 million in savings a year by eliminating double data entry and reducing staffing and resource costs.
Digital Government
Air Force seeks new nuclear command-and-control terminals
After years of delays to launch a jam-proof communications satellite, the service rethinks how it will deploy multibillion-dollar equipment to receive messages on bombers and presidential aircraft.
Digital Government