Digital Government
FDA tightens reign on social media practices
Novartis cited for misuse of 'Facebook Share' widget.
Digital Government
Travelers fee will help support electronic screening program
Part of the sum that Homeland Security collects from Visa Waiver Program will go toward an IT system for assessing security risks.
Digital Government
Agencies rush to replace aging satellite to predict damaging solar storms
The sun's activity, forecasted to peak in 2013, could knock out the backbone operating power lines, GPS and financial transactions.
Digital Government
Campbell out as MHS CIO, Gates to close Defense CIO's office
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., also puts a hold on the nomination of Dr. Jonathan Woodson to be assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs.
Digital Government
What About Countering Insider Threats?
It's a rule of thumb that insiders pose the greatest threat to classified information systems -- a rule sadly reinforced by the public release of 91,000 classified, purloined Defense Department documents by Wikileaks.
Ideas
USPS' eIDEAS Gets Poor Score
The U.S. Postal Service's web-based program to collect employee ideas on customer service, productivity and revenue generation lacks transparency, leaving submissions in limbo, according to the USPS inspector general.
Digital Government
DOT Appeals to Gen Y Online
The Transportation Department is using a variety of technology tools to attract and retain the younger generation of workers, and the <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/08/dot_launches_online_ideahub.php">launch of its new online social network</a> is just the latest example of that, agency officials told Wired Workplace on Wednesday.
Digital Government
Launching Your Own IdeaHub
The Transportation Department on Tuesday <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/08/dot_launches_online_ideahub.php">launched IdeaHub</a>, an online community where its 55,000 employees across the country can share and collaborate on new ideas. And thus far, employees have been embracing the new online platform with open arms.
Digital Government
Could WikiLeaks story put a damper on battlefield intell?
Maybe we need to rethink what secret and secure really means in this age of rapid communication.
Digital Government
Senate confirms Clapper as intell chief
The Senate has voted to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper as the country's fourth director of national intelligence.
Modernization
Dead government Web sites haunt the CyberCemetery
Defunct government Web sites can be found at the CyberCemetery, a project of the University of North Texas and the Government Printing Office.
Digital Government
Cloud might let users bypass IT -- for a while
How the IT department’s role will change from builder to buyer in the age of cloud computing.
People
Grassley questions NSF's efforts to keep employees off adult Web sites
Employees at the National Science Foundation are accessing adult Web sites and not being disciplined, a whistleblower alleges.
Digital Government
Certification Boards Endorse EHRs
Two large medical certification boards declared on Thursday their intention to make physicians' use of health information technology a standard by which those boards will assess and certify the competency of doctors.
Cybersecurity
Infosec Lawyers at a Premium
For many unwelcome reasons, information technology security professionals need lawyers, but it's not always easy to find one that understands the nature of intricate infosec topics. In fact, many security practitioners report that the vast majority of lawyers they encounter are intimidated by computers. The question arises: Is there a kind of lawyer or law firm that focuses solely on infosec topics?
Digital Government
Yes, Canada is different
Globetrotter Steve Kelman's travels take him to the Great White North.
Digital Government
Do federal employee unions earn their keep?
The weakening leverage of unions in the private sector was apparent this week when Ford announced that over the next several years it would begin to hire about 2,000 new workers—under a 2007 union-negotiated contract—at $14 an hour, about half the wages of current workers.
Cybersecurity
DHS wants more teams that respond to cyber threats
The Homeland Security Department wants to expand its cadre of teams that help factories and power plants protect against cyber threats to their supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
People
Contractors vs. staff: You do the math
The latest phase of the debate about the role of contractors in government shows that even the obvious is less obvious than it seems.
People