Modernization
You've got Gmail: Berkeley Lab moving to Google platform
About 5,000 e-mail users at the Energy Department's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California are getting Google's cloud-based Gmail system for electronic communications.
Digital Government
More Reliance on IT Contractors?
A new report suggests that federal spending on information technology will grow significantly over the next five years, and that could result in the federal government having to rely more on outside expertise in order to meet increasing demand.
Modernization
Treasury plans sweeping Web overhaul
Modernization project will include redeploying Treasury's official Web site, as well as FinancialStability.gov and MakingHomeAffordable.gov, on the cloud.
Cybersecurity
Bill Puts Contractors Out of Work?
For the past couple months I've written about <a href="http://cybersecurityreport.nextgov.com/2010/04/white_house_heroes.php">continuous monitoring</a>, its <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100421_5175.php">importance</a> and the <a href="http://cybersecurityreport.nextgov.com/2010/04/state_dept_success_revealed.php">steps</a> that must be taken to change the security culture in Washington. Today we are a lot closer to breaking down barriers and implementing near-real-time situational awareness. But there are still things slowing down the transition aside from the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Sometimes the best way to find out about those barriers is to sift through the written testimonies submitted to Congress.
Cybersecurity
White House plans strategy for better cyber authentication
White House Cyber Coordinator Howard Schmidt says the Obama administration will release a draft of its national strategy to improve the identification of people and systems in cyberspace.
People
Federal pay freeze defeated in Senate vote
For the third time in recent weeks, lawmakers have rejected the idea of freezing the pay of federal civilian workers.
Acquisition
New SBA deputy administrator confirmed by Senate
Marie Collins Johns will be the second-ranking official at the Small Business Administration, with responsibilities for management, policy development and program supervision.
Digital Government
White House confirms OMB director's departure
Peter Orszag, OMB director, will step down sometime in the next few weeks.
Digital Government
Billions expected for cybersecurity research
The deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology told a recent cybersecurity connference that her office and the White House Office of Science and Technology plan a multibillion dollar research project on cybersecurity.
Digital Government
FEMA's planned disaster game needs pain and death
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is looking for ideas for an online 'Disaster Hero' game. John Breeden II, director of Government Computer News' product lab and an avid gamer, says kids and others will learn more if the game isn't sugarcoated.
Digital Government
Better cybersecurity depends on better information management
National Security Agency official Tony Sager says that sharing security information is not enough; information must be better managed to ensure that the right information about threats and vulnerabilities gets into the hands of those who need it.
Modernization
Air Traffic Organization charts opportunity in cloud computing, social media
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
White House to unveil revised ID management plan Friday
Strategy will build on past efforts, including the Bush administration's attempt to establish universal credentials for accessing federal buildings and computers.
Digital Government
IG finds lots to worry about in FAA's air traffic control upgrade
Poor coordination with other agencies, unclear guidance, delays in meeting milestones and high costs could hold up NextGen's deployment, inspector general says.
Digital Government