Digital Government
Outlook for Public Service Academy
GovLoop's featured <a href="http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/govloop-project-of-the-week-13">project of the week</a> is the campaign to create a U.S. Public Service Academy, on par with the nation's military academies, to inject prestige into federal service and highlight the importance of government work. The post touts the need for such an institution, particularly as the government faces a serious shortage of public servants as more than 90 percent of the federal government's leadership becomes eligible to retire over the next decade.
Cybersecurity
Amazon talks cybersecurity in the cloud for feds
Nextgov discusses government managers' fear of losing control, data breaches and disaster recovery with Adam Selipsky, head of the company's Web services division.
Digital Government
Senate ignores House's lead, provides millions more for Army mod program
Panel passes $302.4 million for spinout technologies from the defunct Army Future Combat Systems program.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity overhaul stands a good shot at passage
Inclusion of cybersecurity provisions in Defense authorization bills will make it harder to vote down, but combining numerous cyber bills into one package could pose a challenge to reaching consensus.
Ideas
Where to Draw the Line?
Government Executive Editor in chief Tom Shoop <a href=http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2010/05/government_and_business_a_new.php>wrote in FedBlog</a> on Friday about President Obama's statement on Thursday about increasing the federal government's technological ability to respond to future oil spills -- and how that relates to where to we should draw the line on government's role and on regulation.
Digital Government
Time to Reflect
On Monday, we will (hopefully) stop to pause and remember those we have sent into harms way, and here are my reflections:
Digital Government
Vietnam Mail Call, the Poem
A tangible hit of far off homes The orange mail bag Carries everything from books to poems
Digital Government
Now, That's Transparency
The Veterans Affairs Department briefs Congress monthly on data breaches, and yesterday Roger Baker, chief information officer at VA, held the first of what he said will be similar monthly data breach briefings for the press.
Digital Government
Curbing the Red Flags
Lawmakers introduced a bill this week in the U.S. Senate that would exempt doctors from a new law that seeks to protect consumers from identity theft.
Cybersecurity
USCC's Quest for Cyber Kids
Like the impetus behind the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program, turning kids onto the jobs of the future is not only good for the kids but it's good for the industries, the same philosophy of the <a href="uscyberchallenge.org/">US Cyber Challenge</a>.
People
GSA tests crowdsourcing wiki for acquisitions
The General Services Administration is using an online wiki to get public input about how to structure and price several upcoming cloud computing procurements.
Acquisition
House approves legislation to limit insourcing quotas
Bill would limit insourcing quotas and set hiring preferences.
Digital Government