Digital Government
Correction: Gates' planned cuts will make only small dent, analysts say
This article was corrected Aug. 18, 2010, to fix the spelling of the names of Daniel Goure and Robert Gates.
Digital Government
DOE portal speeds up loan process for clean-energy technologies
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Officials hope new codes will sharpen procurement data reporting
Washington Technology
Digital Government
Air Force researching industry tools for detecting malicious additions
Fierce Government IT
Cybersecurity
Spotty coordination on cyber threats is recipe for disaster: GAO study
Industry partners say security warnings from government often aren't detailed or fast enough to prevent breaches.
Digital Government
CIA opens center to prevent spread of dangerous weapons, technology
The CIA today announced the creation of a counterproliferation center that will lead the agency's efforts to detect and prevent the spread of dangerous weapons and technology.
Modernization
IT chief could shift funds for agencies' internal tech projects
Vivek Kundra has met with federal CIOs during the past month to discuss troubled programs.
Digital Government
Commerce, Agriculture announce broadband grants totaling $1.8 billion
The Commerce and Agriculture departments announced scores of stimulus grants to extend broadband infrastructure to underserved Americans as part of an effort to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas.
Digital Government
NIH kicks off $40 billion follow-on contract for IT services
The Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 pact will provide information technology called for in the recently signed health care reform law.
Digital Government
HR, heal thyself
The Partnership for Public Service, which advocates for policies that help bring good people into government service, today released a report called “Closing the Gap: Seven Obstacles to a First-Class Federal Workforce.”
Ideas
Kundra Former Workers Go to Jail
Two former employees of federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, back when he served as the District of Columbia's chief technology officer, have been sentenced to more than year-long prison terms for participating in a kickback scheme, according to the <em>New York Times</em>.
Digital Government
Open VistA for AHLTA?
Last week the Military Health System <a href= http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/08/the_end_of_ahlta.php>detailed plans</a> to replace its AHLTA electronic health record system -- loathed by its clinicians -- with a new system based on commercial products.
Digital Government
Health IT: Big Costs, Big Savings
The consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has identified three characteristics of successful health IT rollouts that will allow providers that attain meaningful use of electronic health records to realize $40 billion in annual savings.
Cybersecurity
US-VISIT Gets First CTO
Chase Garwood, until recently chief information officer for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Homeland Security Department, last week started work as the chief technology officer for US-VISIT (a.k.a. the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program).
Modernization
Congressman charges White House with publishing 'propaganda' on Recovery.gov
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is accusing the Obama administration of misusing federal Web sites to advance the president's political agenda.
Cybersecurity