Digital Government
Government still confused how to manage e-documents as records
More guidance, better computer systems and stronger oversight from NARA are needed to reduce the very real risk that official federal records will be improperly destroyed, archivists and IT managers tell the Hill.
Modernization
Data.gov's next big thing: Mashing up federal stats with maps
With new tools, anyone will be able to diagram official statistics from across the federal government to discover interesting correlations or suspicious trends.
Digital Government
Obama directs government to withhold pay from delinquent contractors
The new Do Not Pay list alerts agencies to the status of recipients of federal funds.
Digital Government
Debate heats up on the Hill over sale of public safety spectrum
Some say auctioning off frequencies allocated to first responders will not affect emergency response, but others believe it will require more equipment and increase costs.
Digital Government
Seeking disaster relief? Who you gonna call?
FEMA chief architecture talks about DisasterAssistance.gov success stories at GTRA.
Digital Government
There GOES the Weather
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., floated what he considers a nifty idea to finance a nationwide public safety broadband network at a <a href=http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2046:hearing-on-a-bipartisan-staff-discussion-draft-to-provide-funding-for-the-construction-and-maintenance-of-a-nationwide-interoperable-public-safety-broadband-network-and-for-other-purposes-and-on-hr-4829-the-next-ge&catid=134:subcommittee-on-communications-technology-and-the-internet&Itemid=74>hearing</a> on Thursday of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet: auction off a mess of spectrum to raise the billions of dollars need to finance the building and operating of the broadband network.
Cybersecurity
Developing a Taste for Cookies
It's looking like the decade-old cookie ban for federal websites is about to be rescinded. Dave Wennergren, deputy chief information officer at the Defense Department, <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100617_5266.php>talked with Nextgov</a> on Wednesday evening about the department's consideration of giving visitors to its websites the option of choosing to have cookies placed on their systems. That way the department could push content to users based on what they read and where they go on the sites -- not much different than what commercial sites do now.
Digital Government
More Israel impressions
Blogger Steve Kelman reports on a visit to the West Bank (and adds a World Cup twist).
Modernization
Magellan explores the cloud as a research tool
The Energy Department is exploring the effectiveness of cloud computing for scientific research in its Magellan program.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity bill would give president, DHS too much power, critics say
A cybersecurity bill is gaining support in the Senate, but its critics argue that it would give the president and DHS too much power over the private sector.
Digital Government
Talking Telework
On Thursday, June 24, I'll be moderating a webinar on federal telework initiatives and what's next for telework across the federal government. As I've written about before in Wired Workplace, Congress is <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/05/senate_passes_telework_bill.php">considering legislation</a> that would eventually require 20 percent of the eligible federal workforce to telework at least one day per week. The Office of Personnel Management also is piloting a <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/04/working_where_and_when_you_want.php?oref=search">Results-Only Work Environment</a> program that allows 400 federal employees to decide when and where to work, as long as they meet high performance standards.
Cybersecurity
SBInet border system likely to be scaled back, replaced by UAVs
The Homeland Security Department's SBInet border surveillance system is likely to be reduced in scope once the first initial 53 miles of construction is completed, the system's chief said today.
Digital Government
Health IT Lobby Hits Capitol Hill
Lobbyists gathered in Washington, D.C., for National Health IT Week are blanketing Capitol Hill and pushing a three-point agenda.
Ideas