Digital Government
Defining Dashboards
Agencies use analytics software to comb filings for errors and fraud before payments go out.
Digital Government
Inspector general tells GSA to double-check contracts with e-tools
Unauthorized changes and inaccurate information create legal and fiscal risk for agency.
Digital Government
Google to Congress: We're 'profoundly sorry' about WiFi-gate
Google has said it accidentally collected so-called payload data from unencrypted WiFi networks while photographing neighborhoods for its Street View mapping program.
Digital Government
Treasury launches initiative to go paperless with federal benefits
Social Security, Office of Personnel Management and other benefits to be sent electronically.
Digital Government
NOAA launches public site to track Gulf oil disaster
GeoPlatform.com provides the same information regional coordinators use to respond to the disaster, including detailed geographic features, fisheries closures, wildlife observations and aerial imagery.
Digital Government
Amtrak WiFi for Everyone
Amtrak has offered WiFi service to high rollers zooming along the Northeast corridor on the high-speed Acela Express trains, but the national passenger rail carrier said it has released a proposal to now provide WiFi on all its trains.
Digital Government
Hospitals Woo Docs With E-Docs
Even as hospitals struggle to meet the government's "meaningful use" requirements for electronic health records, another critical factor is emerging that could determine the primacy of EHRs: friendliness of use.
Cybersecurity
Lessons From A Software Revolution
There are a lot of bad stories out there about government failure when it comes to cybersecurity. They certainly serve a purpose, and in many respects, they note the truthful fact that the U.S. has largely failed in its attempt to secure its computing infrastructure. But there also are good stories floating around. The one I'm going to tell shows how the U.S. Air Force stepped up to the plate long ago, even before the Navy, which I've praised in earlier posts.
Digital Government
Making IT Look Good to Minorities
<em>National Journal</em>, a Nextgov sister publication, will be hosting a discussion on "The American Workforce is Changing: Can the Business and Education Sectors Keep Up?" The panel will discuss "the changing demographics of the new generation that is entering today's workforce." An e-mail promoting the discussion, which will take place June 17 at the Newseum, says minorities now "comprise two-fifths of this new wave of workers."
Modernization
NARA seeks feedback on declassification priorities
The National Archives and Records Administration is using a blog and public meeting to collect feedback on a draft plan for its new National Declassification Center.
People
Telework: The future is on hold
Should feds be allowed to work from anywhere, as long as the work gets done? Experts say yes without hesitation, but readers' responses are mixed.
People
Social networking: Agency silos 2.0?
Prodded in no small part by the Obama administration, government agencies are now working hard to replicate this private-sector paradigm as Government 2.0.
People
Inherently governmental: Still a trick question
Response to the Obama administration's insourcing agenda finds readers all over the political map.
People
Bright ideas abounded during VA innovation contest
The Veterans Affairs Department's recent innovation contest attracted a high percentage of employees, says CTO Peter Levin.
People
Open government: Will it pass the Twinkie test?
From its first days in office, the Obama administration has whetted the public’s appetite for what has come to be known as open government. But is anyone buying it?
Modernization
Cloud computing: Skeptics still hold the floor
Mandate or no mandate, don't hold your breath waiting for federal managers to get behind the idea of cloud computing until they are sold on the benefits.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity needs McGruff the crime dog!
If user ignorance is the most obvious cybersecurity vulnerability, is a public awareness campaign the best solution? Or just a waste of money?
Digital Government
NASA's FISMA stance stirs up a debate
Numerous FCW readers are concerned that federal officials do not understand the real value of the security C&A process.
Ideas