People
Justin Filler: Sweetening Web 2.0 for DOD
2010 Rising Star award winner Justin Filler contributed to the milSuite products that are extending the use of Web 2.0 technologies at the Defense Department.
People
Pablo Vilaboa: Supporting first responders after the Haiti earthquake
2010 Rising Star award winner Pablo Vilaboa made sure the help desk hit its marks providing technical support to first responders pouring into the Southern Command in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
People
Kathleen Druitt: Bridging the gap between recovery act initiatives
2010 Rising Star winner Kathleen Druitt led the implementation and operation of Recovery.gov and FederalReporting.gov, which included frantic testing two weeks before the sites' scheduled launch.
People
Nick Saund: Setting a guard post for military health information
2010 Rising Star award winner Nick Saund strengthened the protection of sensitive data stored in Defense Health Services Systems applications by quickly developing a single-sign-on system.
People
Allison Scogin: Sculpturing trusted data networks for warfighters
2010 Rising Star award winner Allison Scogin assisted in developing, implementing and troubleshooting DOD's massive public key infrastructure and public key enabling initiatives.
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