People
Obama's performance agenda: Stealthy and radical
Emerging performance initiatives could become the foundation for the collaborative governance models of the future, writes John M. Kamensky, a senior fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
Digital Government
How to move past the FISMA mind-set
Federal agencies are paying a price for trying to minimize all possible information security risks, write two top security officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Cybersecurity
Now That's Ironic
Oh the irony: According to a report released Thursday by the DHS inspector general, the very system used by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team to exchange and access mission-critical data about the security posture of civilian networks was vulnerable to attack.
People
Summit covers wide range of Web 2.0 topics
High-level speakers at the Gov 2.0 Summit provided wide-ranging discussions about Web 2.0 applications, public engagement, freeing government data for public use and energizing the open government community.
Ideas
Cementing the State-Silicon Valley Relationship
State Department Policy Planning staff official Jared Cohen announced this week that he would be leaving the administration to head a <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20015705-265.html">new "think/do tank" at Google</a>, a move that cements the growing link between Silicon Valley and the State Department.
Digital Government
Taiwan launches cloud initiative
Taiwan's government has a five-year program to make that nation more competitive in the global cloud computing market.
Digital Government
Muslims in the U.S.: Reader comments and further reflections
Blogger Steve Kelman responds to readers who commented on his recent blog post about Muslims who feel unwelcome in the United States.
Digital Government
Denise Pease named GSA regional administrator
She will oversee the agency's work in its Northeast and Caribbean Region.
Ideas
Air Traffic Upgrade to Boost Jobs
Some information technology contractors welcomed an announcement by President Obama on Wednesday that he proposes investing in infrastructure, such as advanced air traffic tech, as a way of stimulating the economy -- but expresses nervousness about how he intends to compensate for the cost.
Digital Government
US-CERT systems riddled with vulnerabilities, audit finds
Scans of the IT systems of lead Homeland Security division for cybersecurity found numerous vulnerabilities, according to a report from the DHS Inspector General.
Digital Government
A new domain signs on with DNSSEC
Another top-level domain has been digitally signed to enable DNSSEC, the first step in a project by Internet Registry Afilias to expand the DNS Security Extensions to 13 more top-level domains by the end of the year.
Cybersecurity
Soundbytes: Immigration, hiring and the VA claims system
A weekly roundup of comments from Nextgov.com. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.
Cybersecurity
Fed's cybersecurity watchdog found to have security issues
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team had 540 vulnerabilities that put its systems at risk, IG says.
Digital Government
Social Security data center project encounters delays
Settling on a location for the facility has proved difficult, with some lawmakers concerned the administration isn't shopping for the best deal.
Digital Government