People
David Parrish: Befriending small biz on behalf of the IRS
2010 Rising Star award winner David Parrish improved the acquisition process for several critical Internal Revenue Service projects, looking in particular to work with small and disadvantaged businesses.
Digital Government
Panel Passes 1.4 Percent Pay Raise
A Senate panel on Thursday approved a bill granting civilian federal employees a 2011 pay raise of 1.4 percent.
Digital Government
IT Job Search Gets Personal
Leading IT jobs website Dice has launched a new social networking site that connects IT job seekers with tech recruiters. The <a href="http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/dice_talent_network">Dice Talent Network</a> combines social networking tools with an online job board where employers and IT job professionals can connect directly. For example, employers can communicate via chat or instant message or post job announcements, and tech pros can set up complete social networking profiles and follow and target the companies they want to work for.
Cybersecurity
FBI looks in-house to complete Sentinel system
The FBI is trying to determine the best way to complete its Sentinel electronic caseload management system. Key parts of the system were made available to agents this month.
Modernization
DHS meets most conditions for border systems
The Homeland Security Department has satisfied or partially satisfied 10 of the 11 conditions Congress set on obligating funds for border security systems, fencing and technology in 2010, the GAO says in a new report.
Digital Government
More on OPM's Job Registry
In following up to Thursday's <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/07/nixing_federal_job_registers.php?oref=latest_posts">post</a>, <em>Federal Times</em> <a href="http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20100729/PERSONNEL02/7290301/1001">reports</a> that Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry has no intention of cancelling the agency's centralized hiring registry program. Berry's comments come one day after an OPM official said that in the seven months since OPM launched its hiring register program -- part of which focuses on IT hiring -- agencies have only hired 71 of about 106,000 qualified job candidates from the registers.
People
State seeks mentors for Apps4 Africa contest
The State Department is looking for IT professionals to mentor African developers in the Apps4 Africa innovation competition.
Digital Government
Industry hopes fed computers go dark on Power IT Down Day
Given that the federal government accounts for around 1.5 percent of the total U.S. annual energy consumption, and is the largest single user, just a little savings could add up to a lot of green.
Digital Government
Don't expect a miracle from cybersecurity strategy, DHS says
An official with the Homeland Security Department's National Protection and Programs Directorate says the government doesn't need a new cybersecurity strategy.
Digital Government
U.S. understanding of cyber war still immature, says former NSA director
Retired General Michael Hayden, former head of the CIA and NSA, said today at the Black Hat Briefings that the U.S. lacks an effective military and political doctrine for conducting and defending itself against cyber war.
Digital Government
DHS struggles to define its cybersecurity mission
Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute has asked the security community to help define the cybersecurity mission for the Department of Homeland Security.
Digital Government
IT Stimulus Yields Foreign Interest
In the latest case of foreigners with dollar signs in their eyes coming to America, a Paris-based IT company seeking to enter the U.S. health IT market has bought Pulse Systems, a maker of electronic health records based in Wichita, Kansas.
Cybersecurity
Bulk Toilet Paper Hopes Dashed
The chief executive officer of Costco nearly got up close and personal with members of the wholesale retail chain a few months ago, when a Google search for the local store in Seattle, Wa. returned his home address (map included) and phone number.
Digital Government
Arlington Cemetery: 19th-century technology in a 21st-century world
A Senator shows a former Arlington Cemetery official what's available to him today in technology.
Digital Government
DISA takes lead in Defense enterprise infrastructure
Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett outlines the Defense Information Systems Agency's top priorities for information sharing and agency collaboration.
Digital Government