Modernization
Obama backs FCC broadband plan
But the White House doesn't identify where they'll acquire the necessary spectrum to make the expanded service a reality.
Cybersecurity
Editor's note: Improving FISMA
To complement the Federal Information Security Management Act, some agencies are adopting a strategy that depends, in part, on a package of 20 security practices, named the Consensus Audit Guidelines.
Digital Government
The best of the federal blogosphere
A case of hidden dangers a lesson in leadership, and the fight against human trafficking.
People
Recommended reading
IT burnout: When the thrill is gone; Project management pitfalls to avoid; Must-haves for government social media policies.
Digital Government
Buzz Factor
These were the most-read stories on FCW.com during the past two weeks.
Digital Government
Challenges from all sides beset CISOs
Federal chief information security officers must balance a bewildering array of competing needs.
Cybersecurity
DHS front and center in Congress' cybersecurity debate--again
A proposed expansion of the Homeland Security Department's authority to protect networks and systems is central to one comprehensive Senate proposal but absent from another.
Cybersecurity
Interior catches flak for breach disclosure
Critics say the Interior Department was overly cautious when it disclosed the loss of an encrypted CD containing personally identifiable information of about 7,500 federal employees.
People
Sexting case chills workplace privacy
The majority of our readers appear to agree with the Supreme Court that you can’t expect any messages you send on employer-issued equipment to be private.
Digital Government
Congress, White House AWOL at Intrepid
Despite <a href=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/24/128079301/leader-of-military-s-program-to-treat-brain-injuries-steps-down-abruptly>reports by National Public Radio</a>, Army Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton, who <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/06/bg_sutton_quietly_leaves_ptsdtbi_job.php>quietly left her position</a> as director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury on Monday, did, indeed, make the Thursday opening of a $56 million center focused on treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Ideas
Cookie Opt-Out Conundrum
One civil liberties group that worked closely with the administration to develop privacy guidelines on the use of cookies says it is not satisfied with the final policy on such web-tracking tools that was released <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100625_3838.php">today</a>.
Digital Government
Army cites improper contracting in Arlington Cemetery scandal
The cemetery had no acquisition strategy, no integrated IT system and series of IT regulatory violations, the Army said.
Cybersecurity
'Identity ecosystem' to replace passwords, draft strategy suggests
Obama administration releases a draft plan that would radically change the standard approach to online identity authentication -- if it works.
Cybersecurity
Obama Can't Turn Off the Internet
The sweeping cybersecurity bill from Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tom Carper, D-Del., has come under unfounded fire for giving government the authority to shut down Internet services during emergencies. For the life of me, I can't find where it says this in <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.+3480:">the bill</a>.
Digital Government
OMB tells agencies how to treat their online 'friends'
OMB today overhauled policy on using third-party Web sites and applications and Web measurement and customization technologies.
Digital Government
Facebook taps White House official for VP post
Facebook has hired Marne Levine to be its vice president of global public policy in the Washington, D.C. office.
Digital Government
FBI veteran cleared to lead Transportation Security Administration
John Pistole brings more than 20 years of counterterrorism experience to TSA, blogger Mclatthew Weigelt writes.
Digital Government
Senate Republicans argue against White House cyber coordinator
Sens. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have introduced a bill that would set up a national cyber center at the Defense Department.
Digital Government
Textual Healing
A pilot project underway in California is testing the use of wireless technologies to treat veterans with mental health issues.
Cybersecurity