Digital Government
DOD's response could be driving traffic to WikiLeaks
Traffic data shows that government briefings and other activities could be driving traffic to the controversial WikiLeaks site that leaked documents about the war in Afghanistan.
Digital Government
Malware's role in fatal 2008 air crash
Contrary to some reports, malware did not cause the 2008 Spanair crash that killed 154 people. But an infected computer could have contributed to failures in the airline maintenance system that might have helped prevent the crash.
Digital Government
Power IT Down Day: A major success, but could be bigger
Blogger Brian Robinson wonders if government PC users could double the ambitious goals set for Power IT Down Day in 2011.
Digital Government
'Best places' survey tapped 263,000 feds...Now what do the REST of you think?
The results are in, folks—and topping this year’s list of best places to work in the federal government (among major agencies) are the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (No.1), the Government Accountability Office (No. 2) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (No. 3).
Digital Government
Companies begin offering faster airport screening
The Transportation Security Administration appears to be taking a wait-and-see approach to the renewed effort.
Digital Government
Industry group says 'significant progress' on net neutrality talks
Information Technology Industry Council President and Chief Executive Officer Dean Garfield issued a progress report on Tuesday about his group's efforts to find some middle ground among stakeholders battling over network neutrality, saying there has been "significant progress" while declining to provide any details.
Emerging Tech
Researchers slam lawmakers' websites as failing constituents
Poor design, lack of interaction and a paucity of pertinent information keep elected officials from enriching democracy, a report concludes.
Digital Government
E-file system to flag errors in claims of foreign earned income
A new version will include an application to correct the erroneous tax exclusions, which cost the government $90 million in 2008.
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs and CMS will launch projects for personal health records
The initiatives could lead to almost a third of the public creating digital files to store their medical information.
Digital Government
NASA program to launch space shuttle workers into new jobs
A competition for $35 million in grants would fund initiatives to help 9,000 contractors facing unemployment to find work in aviation and aerospace, clean technology, homeland security, IT and life sciences.
Digital Government
Paris and Pakistan
A Navy buddy of mine working on the Pakistan relief operation mused in an e-mail on Monday that for some odd reason Paris Hilton and her arrest for alleged cocaine possession received more media play over the past weekend than the fact that "we rescued thousands of people."
Digital Government
More on Cloud and Job Loss
Nextgov has written before about how cloud computing means fewer jobs, but that isn't talked about much in the federal government. (Read <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100408_7652.php>here</a>.) Most of the savings in any organization comes from reducing labor - not equipment.
Cybersecurity