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It's looking like the decade-old cookie ban for federal websites is about to be rescinded.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
Ready For Telework?
Federal employees may want to telework, but only a small number have access to the resources and support necessary to do so, according to a new survey.
People
House passes bill to improve program performance
The bill would strengthen the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 and would put parts of an executive order on performance management into law.
Digital Government
Senate cybersecurity bill gets high-ranking backers in the House
Senior lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee have expressed support for a comprehensive proposal to bolster computer security that was introduced last week by their counterparts in the Senate.
Modernization
NOAA interactive map tracks Gulf oil spill
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new Web features a mapping tool that integrates oil spill data from federal and state agencies.
Cybersecurity
Soundbytes: Hostile, Arrogant and Mysterious
A weekly roundup of comments from Nextgov.com. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.
Digital Government
GSA developing system to track buildings' energy and water use
Effort is in response to a Government Accountability Office report that found the agency doesn't have the appropriate data to track the $4.5 billion in green building projects funded by the Recovery Act.
Digital Government