People
Agency innovation contests hampered by questions about legality, fairness
The Obama administration has been promoting agencies using prizes and contests to spur innovation, but those competitions are raising concerns about fairness and intellectual property rights, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
Managers: Walk the Security Talk
What kind of manager are you? Two kinds of manager seem to exist today: those with a technical background, and those without. But more often than not, managers don't have the technical background that they need to be successful.
Digital Government
Feds remember Hurricane Katrina
Five years ago, the hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and feds arrived soon after to help with cleanup. Now an employee union wants to hear those stories.
Digital Government
DARPA unveils program to develop autonomous robots
DARPA's four-year Autonomous Robotic Manipulation program aims to produce robots that can perform complex tasks with minimal human intervention.
Digital Government
Estimates vary on the effect of the NASA stimulus
Estimates vary widely on how much the space agency's spending may benefit the economy.
Digital Government
Transportation to unveil database standards to improve highway safety
Officials are creating standard definitions for data fields and combining some operational activities.
Modernization
Air traffic control modernization program takes step forward
American Airlines jet lands using new satellite-based technology designed to replace FAA's decades-old radar systems, an advance that could allow carriers to fly in poor weather and save fuel.
Digital Government
Wikileaks case could be the push to update espionage laws
Lawyer Gilead Light says social media and the volume of electronic information creates new ways to leak classified data, something decades-old statutes never envisioned.
Digital Government
If you didn't get that federal job, read this ...
Folks who have not landed federal jobs they've been after will not be surprised to hear that a report released yesterday by the Partnership for Public Service reveals that the "weakest link" in the federal hiring chain is the assessment of job applicants.
Digital Government
Poor Tech Hampers Applicants
The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and PDRI, a human resources consulting firm, issued a <a href=http://www.govexec.com/pdfs/082610l1.pdf>report</a> on Thursday that "found government does a poor job of evaluating applicants for federal positions," according to an <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45992&dcn=todaysnews>article</a> on Government Executive.
Digital Government
NGA's Sticking With Google
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=482ab868878ecd0bd81d978216718820&_cview=0>tweaked</a> on Wednesday its <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/08/google_now_owns_earth.php>original announcement</a> from last week to award a sole-source contract to Google for geospatial visualization services so outfits such as Microsoft can apply.
Cybersecurity
RIM Makes Nice
In the latest attempt by Research In Motion to juggle the privacy of its customers with the demands of foreign governments, the company offered to lead an industry forum in India to develop recommendations for policies and processes aimed at preventing the misuse of encryption technologies.
Digital Government
Drone helicopter violates DC airspace
The Navy admits it lost control of a drone helicopter for half an hour in restricted airspace in Washington, D.C.
Modernization