Digital Government
DARPA lays out bedrock R&D privacy principles
Some folks at DARPA have come up with a set of privacy principles that offer some hope that privacy could become a part of fundamental technology R&D, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
Digital Government
VA to test paperless claims processing system
The Veterans Affairs Department will start testing a new paperless system to process disability claims in November.
Digital Government
Census came in $1.6B under budget, Locke says
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today said there was a 22 percent savings in this year's budget for the 2010 U.S. Census.
Digital Government
More Attacks on Federal Pay
Another <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-08-10-1Afedpay10_ST_N.htm">article</a> in <em>USA Today</em> again claims that federal pay is significantly higher than private sector pay. Federal employees have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years consecutive years, forcing the compensation gap to double over the past decade, the article states.
Digital Government
How would a federal workforce cap affect agency performance?
With budget deficits edging ever higher—and the overall economic recovery slow, at best—some in Congress are complaining the current growth of the federal workforce is irresponsible—and must be stopped.
Digital Government
What would the CIO do in Gates' new DOD?
Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposes closing the current chief information officer's office. What shape should the role take in the future?
Digital Government
Former NASA administrator on crashed flight in Alaska
Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, who is now chief executive officer of EADS North America, is among the passengers on a plane that crashed in Alaska Monday night, the company said Tuesday.
Digital Government
Commerce reports $1.6 billion savings for decennial census
Officials attribute savings to good management and aggressive advertising.
Digital Government
Agencies could be prone to new kind of sophisticated cyberattack
The government should watch out for "man-in-the-browser" attacks that have been used to steal money from financial institutions, security expert says.
Digital Government
House leaders raise financial reporting proposal again
Lawmakers back a bill nearly identical to a regulatory provision that Senate negotiators puzzlingly scrapped during last-minute talks on the reform law.
Modernization
DISA could take on bigger IT role at Defense
In Secretary Gates' reform plans, the information agency will assume daily IT operations and the department's chief information officer, but federal IT experts disagree whether the move will strengthen the CIO as intended.
Cybersecurity
Cyber's Big Business
For Maryland, cybersecurity pays. The state's governor, Martin O'Malley, wrote on Monday in a <a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080605935.html>commentary</a> appearing in the Washington Post's business publication, Capital Business, "Maryland is better positioned than other states to recover from the national recession stronger and sooner."
Digital Government
So Long NII
Defense Secretary Robert Gates made <a href=http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60348>official</a> the <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/07/bye_bye_nii.php>elimination</a> of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration - also known as the office of the chief information officer. At a Pentagon press briefing today he detailed cuts in the Pentagon budget to save $100 billion over the next five years.
Digital Government
Do You Have Perishable Skills?
Who has a better chance of finding a job after being out of work for, say, six months? A software programmer (particularly in the health field) or a construction worker?
Ideas
Privacy Advocate Schwartz Joins NIST
Ari Schwartz, a longtime advocate for protecting privacy in the age of Web-based government, is leaving his post at the Center for Democracy and Technology to press for change from within the administration at the National Institute for Standards and Technology.
Digital Government
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency gets first female director
Letitia Long becomes the first woman to lead a major U.S. intelligence agency.
Digital Government
Gates details plans to slash DOD budget
In his aggressive efforts to save money, Defense Secretary Gates is targeting a number of DOD offices and organizations, including one major command, IT infrastructure and several senior positions.
Digital Government
Bill Seeks to Downsize Government
A Republic senator late last week introduced a bill that would reduce and limit the number of civilian federal workers to February 2009 levels.
Digital Government
Gen Y Shakes Up Government
<em>The Washington Post</em> on Saturday had a great <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606461_3.html?hpid=artslot&sid=ST2010080700240">article</a> about how the younger generation is shaking up the federal workplace with their tendencies to take risks, connect socially online and share information across boundaries. The Obama administration is hoping to fill up to 60,000 entry-level federal jobs within the next year, and government personnel experts believe that in 10 years, 400,000 of the 2 million federal workers will be younger than 35.
Digital Government