Digital Government
Pick the best White House app
Cast your vote in a White House contest to develop the best smartphone app for fighting childhood obesity.
People
Why do federal managers oppose telework?
We have to ask: Do government supervisors have legitimate reasons for not letting federal employees telework?
Digital Government
Cyber Ambassadors
The Homeland Security Department on Wednesday announced the winners of a contest designed to garner new ideas to improve the public's cybersecurity awareness and literacy.
People
Whitsleblower protections inadequate for federal scientists, group says
The Obama administration has yet to make good on its promise to provide better whistleblower protections to federal scientists, according to one advocacy group.
People
Steve Kelman's summer reading list
Blogger Steve Kelman is keeping busy with books about organization theory and public administration.
Digital Government
Off and Running
The release this week by HHS of final rules for the "meaningful use" of electronic health records is akin to the pop of a starting gun at the outset of a five-year marathon. Well down the road, at the finish line, is a transformed health-care sector that leverages information technology in ways that others sectors--banking, e-commerce, entertainment, et al--embraced years ago.
Cybersecurity
How Elmer Fudd can improve your password security
FCW cartoonist John Klossner suggests some novel ways to come up with hack-proof computer passwords.
People
House mulls increasing contractor oversight
The Federal Contracting Oversight and Reform Act seeks to repair an ineffective contracting system that award contracts to companies with histories of poor performance and misconduct.
Digital Government
Obama to update Bush-era cybersecurity directive
The Obama administration is working on an updated national strategy for securing cyberspace and plans to update a presidential directive from the George W. Bush presidency.
Digital Government
The prescription for cell phone viruses
Although malware targeting mobile devices is on the rise, there are some things you should know -- and some steps you should take -- that will keep yours uninfected.
Digital Government
White House just getting started on cybersecurity
A report on progress made on cybersecurity in the 14 months after last year’s release of the Cyberspace Policy Review highlights steps taken to secure cyberspace, but much work remains to be done.
Digital Government
Spill prompts NOAA to define its data management architecture
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is defining the architecture needed to effectively manage, store and disseminate data to the public and other agencies in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill.
Digital Government
Soundbytes: Porn, Spies and Satan
A weekly roundup of comments from Nextgov.com. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.
Cybersecurity