Ideas
The Outdated and Not So Bad
<em>Smashing Magazine</em>, a publication for Web designers and developers, recently published a <a href=http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/23/showcase-of-ugly-military-intelligence-and-defense-websites/>critique of military and intelligence agency websites</a> worldwide, placing dozens of sites in one of its categories: Outdated, Poorly Coded, Poorly Designed, The Not So Bad, and A Few Good Sites.
Digital Government
$12 Billion VA Contract Delayed
The Veterans Affairs Department planned to release on Wednesday its request for proposals for the largest information technology acquisition in its history: the $12 billion <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091203_2809.php>Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology</a> contract, known as T4.
Digital Government
How safe will you be with Obama's 'trusted' identity solution?
Readers aren't sold on the administration's plan to abandon passwords for trusted digital identities, citing fears of identity theft or government snooping.
Digital Government
Are government Web sites in danger?
In an effort to cut costs, the United Kingdom is cracking down on expensive government-funded Web sites, promising to close the majority of them. Could the United States do the same?
Digital Government
iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise
The Defense Department interoperability exercise stresses flexible networking and new uses for existing technology.
Digital Government
Obama to double commercial spectrum available for broadband development
Presidential memorandum calls for NTIA and FCC to identify 500 MHz of radio spectrum to be licensed for broadband connectivity over the next 10 years, and for development of technologies to make better use of this limited resource.
Cybersecurity
Australia taps ISPs to fight 'zombies'
Australia's Internet Industry Code is aimed at reducing threats posed by computers that have been hijacked to act as zombies and participate in botnet attacks.
Cybersecurity
Security and Russian Spies
The FBI arrested 10 people this week <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/29/AR2010062901057.html?hpid=topnews">accused</a> of being Russian spies, an investigation that stretches back to the Clinton White House. According to the FBI, the operation was aimed at placing spies in nongovernmental jobs where they could get insider information without being easily identified. Interestingly enough, the FBI's arrest was aided by its ability to infiltrate the group's computers. Turns out these alleged spies weren't as careful about their cybersecurity as they should have been. So what did they do wrong?
People
Court TV: Viewers flock to federal judiciary's YouTube channel
The federal judiciary has started its own YouTube channel and redesigned its Web site to raise its public profile through Web 2.0 tools.
Digital Government
Telework Tips
Last Thursday, I moderated a webinar on the current state of telework programs across the federal government. Joining me were two special guests - Jennifer Carignan, an associate manager for research at the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, and Danette Campbell, senior telework advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - who both gave excellent presentations on what's next for federal telework.
Modernization
FCC has higher aspirations for its data
The Federal Communications Commission has filled a pair of new executive posts as part of a broad initiative to improve the utility and accessibility of FCC data.
Digital Government
Final impressions of China: Land of contradictions
Blogger Steve Kelman is fascinated by the contradictory images that people have of China.
Digital Government
iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise
Government Computer News
Cybersecurity
Now You See It
From transparency to the cloud, CIOs weigh the costs and consequences of sharing more data.
Digital Government