Digital Government
Air Force calls up cell phone plan to save millions
Service will heed the advice of an employee and change its cell phone strategy.
Digital Government
Hill mulls requiring regulators to use uniform reporting format for financial industry
Common standard could highlight financial problems sooner and give the public and financial sector greater insight into markets.
Cybersecurity
DHS needs power to compel agencies to fix security holes
The Office of Management and Budget also should have the authority to tell federal managers they will help pay for the work or bluntly say they must find the money, experts tell Congress.
Digital Government
NIST seeks a qualified individual for Division Chief, Software & Systems Division
To apply, visit http://www.usajobs.opm.gov . The job announcement number: NISTITL-2010-0027
Cybersecurity
DHS: President has adequate authority to handle cyber emergencies
Existing laws allow the commander in chief to control communications during wars, senior official notes.
Digital Government
VA faces flood of new claims and charges of a 'hostile' work environment
Tests of new work processes show ways the department can manage a double-digit increase in claims it expects to receive in the next two years.
People
FCC, FDA take teamwork approach to telemedicine
The FCC and FDA have scheduled a joint public meeting in July on a teamwork approach to overseeing approval of telemedicine devices.
Cybersecurity
McCain's Dirty Cyber Politics
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Roland Burris, D-Ill., are playing politics with the Senate's new cybersecurity legislation. The mostly positive <a href="http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=f56ace2f-7ac6-49ff-80e3-652371bb6fa6">hearing</a> was momentarily turned into McCain's personal soapbox to espouse the Homeland Security Department's alleged mishandling of the Christmas Day terrorist attack with DHS' ability to head a newly created center for cybsecurity and communication, as proposed in the bill. As currently written, the new center would be patterned after the country's National Counterterrorism Center.
Digital Government
Meaningful Use or Bust
Growing numbers of doctors and hospitals say the deadline for meeting strict "meaningful use" standards set by the government for electronic health records is unrealistic. One man, though, is questioning whether the deadline is sufficiently ambitious.
Ideas
No Passing Grade For e-Passport
The technology behind e-Passports, the relatively recent identity document upgrade to include biometrics and other personal information, may not be safe from terrorists, counterfeiters and other malicious attacks. In fact, data security has been a key concern about e-Passports for several years.
Digital Government
I'll Pass on Djibouti Industry Day
The Navy wants to <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f2fb4464c0517ddd2713689a4b846c5a&tab=core&_cview=1>beef up</a> its networks at <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Lemonnier>Camp Lemonnier</a> in Djibouti, headquarters for the Combined Joint Task Force -- Horn of Africa. So the service invited interested vendors to attend a two day briefing there next month.
Ideas
Advantage of Executive (Cyber) Privilege
What's the biggest advantage of taking the job of cybersecurity coordinator at the White House? Being able to turn your nose up at Congress, apparently.
People
The 8 elements of a successful social media policy
A new study identifies eight best practices agencies should use when codifying social media use policies for employees.
People
Government lags behind industry in telework opportunities
Federal information technology workers were much less likely than their private-sector counterparts to regularly or exclusively telework despite having favorable opinions of telecommuting, according to a report released today.
People
EPA has three-pronged strategy for correcting procurement woes
A new contract writing system, developing the agency's acquisition workforce and finding savings are their top priorities, EPA officials say. They also acknowledge problems with procurement data.
Cybersecurity