People
CTO resumes shine with entrepreneurial success stories
Many government chief technology officers have an entrepreneurial background.
Cybersecurity
Malware Campaign Morphs
Last month, a major malware campaign attempting to trick users into opening malicious PDF files was <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176088/Major_malware_campaign_abuses_unfixed_PDF_flaw?taxonomyId=208">reported</a>. The attack worked by sending a malicious e-mail masquerading as mail from company system administrators and contained the subject message heading "setting for your mailbox are changed." The malware exploited an unpatched design flaw in the PDF format.
People
CTO: Innovation help wanted
The Health and Human Services Department encourages agency employees to think like innovators.
People
A CTO headcount throughout government
The chief technology officer position is becoming more common at all levels of government.
Digital Government
HIPAA Rules Now Apply to PHRs
It's not a new law, but it's a tangible, short-term step toward protecting the privacy of patient data that travels online. To address loopholes in current patient privacy legislation, the Health and Human Services Department on Thursday proposed <a href="http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-16718_PI.pdf">privacy rules</a> that would apply to vendors of technology that transmit personal health data.
Cybersecurity
Russian spy ring: IT was not enough
The recently busted Russian spy ring won't win any awards for the most innovative use of advanced technology.
People
Senate bill approved without kill switch provision
Legislation approved by a Senate committee last month would not give the president the authority to disconnect the Internet, as many people had feared. But then, the president already has that authority.
Digital Government
Navy awards contract to transition to expanded network
HP Enterprise Services will provide work to move IT services from NMCI to the Next Generation Enterprise Network, which will serve 700,000 sailors, Marines and civilians.
Cybersecurity
White House officially hands cyber oversight to DHS
Memo outlining cybersecurity duties seen as a response to Congress' call for better compliance with security law.
Digital Government
OMB to meet with agencies to discuss financial systems
White House wants federal managers to break projects into simple segments that take no more than two years to complete so they can avoid budget overruns and delays.
Digital Government
The value of longevity -- What’s your federal experience worth?
Heritage Foundation policy analyst James Sherk suggests that lining up federal and private-sector salaries more closely could cut the federal payroll by $47 billion in Fiscal Year 2011.
Ideas
Transparency is Your Friend
One of the key arguments for transparency is that it builds trust, as well as opening your organization to more and maybe better ideas from the public. After just more than a year of President Obama's open government initiative, some top federal executives are finding that out to be true.
Digital Government
The Cyber Command Logo Mystery
Wired's Danger Room blog has a <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/solve-the-mystery-code-in-cyber-commands-logo/">fun contest</a> that Nextgov readers should take a serious look at -- especially cyber specialists.
People