Digital Government
Never say 'Never' on DOD data center outsourcing
William Brougham, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s vice director for network services, said the chances of the Pentagon outsourcing data centers are slim, but he stopped short of ruling it out all together.
Digital Government
Windows 8 details may have been leaked
Slides purporting to show Windows 8 features, release date, have emerged on the Web.
Digital Government
Customs directorate automates its acquisition cycle
The Customs and Border Protection Procurement Directorate has developed a Web-based knowledge management system that automates the acquisition cycle and expands the exchange of information among its geographically dispersed workforce.
Digital Government
Don't Oversell Telework?
While establishing telework programs at federal agencies will no doubt help recruit the next generation of federal employees, it's also important that agencies do not "oversell" the benefit to federal applicants, two agency representatives said Thursday.
People
Open government plans updated, criticized
Agencies are revising their open government plans to respond to audits and feedback they've gotten since the first plans came out in April.
Cybersecurity
Spymasters in search of forecasting software to enhance intell analysis
The research organization for intelligence agencies wants organizations to propose research to develop methods that provide more accurate, precise and timely intelligence forecasts.
Digital Government
600,000 Teleworking by 2014?
The federal government should set a goal of having at least 600,000 federal employees teleworking by 2014, according to a new report by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton.
People
Senators press OFPP chief on mandatory BPAs
Officials disagree about mandating the use of certain purchasing agreements even for the most ordinary items, such as office supplies.
Digital Government
Meaningful Use Vexes CIOs
Eight of 10 hospitals' chief information officers are concerned or very concerned about their ability to meet meaningful use standards for electronic health records on the timetable set by the federal government.
Digital Government
New IT security guidelines focus on real-time risk management
Government Computer News
Digital Government
FCC announces new chief technologist
Sicker previously served as chief of the commission's Network Technology Division.
Digital Government
Senate nixes data transparency provision in financial overhaul
The House amendment requires regulators to use a standard electronic format for collecting and publishing business information from the financial industry.
Digital Government