Modernization
Google ramps up spending to influence Washington
And its relationship with the White House may be a bit too cozy, critics say.
Digital Government
FAA awards $4.4 billion for development of NextGen technologies
Contracts will cover improved weather imaging system and 4-D flight tracking.
Digital Government
General Dynamics says it has fixed advanced Rifleman Radio
The device, which includes a GPS receiver to relay soldiers' positions on the battlefield, now meets reliability, battery life and range requirements, company officials say.
Digital Government
Internet censorship proves counterproductive in curtailing terrorist recruitment
Intelligence gathered from extremists' websites actually provides useful information to pursue criminals.
Digital Government
Senator questions cost of senior executives' education
OPM does not collect data on how many employees participate in training program, or how much it costs the government annually.
Digital Government
Data.gov takes the 'Mumsy' test
GCN writer Trudy Walsh's 90-year-old mom weighs in on the usefulness of the newly redesigned Data.gov.
Digital Government
How Web-based technologies are reinventing government services
Web-based technologies on display at the Gov 2.0 Conference are helping governments across the globe serve citizens more effectively.
Ideas
Google's Cookies, A .Gov Model?
Google set a precedent for the use of cookies - website tracking devices - that the White House should follow, some privacy advocates said, reacting to the news that the search giant will now allow site owners and users to opt out of its service that tracks traffic on websites.
Cybersecurity
A Cyberattack With That Latte?
Researchers at the University of Calgary have a new security threat they want you to know about. Typhoid adware.
Digital Government
Final Honors for Forgotten Vets
As we get ready to honor those who served and died for this country on Memorial Day, the New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services will take care of some forgotten veterans: those who died with no known family to bury them.
Digital Government
AMA to Insurers: Get Well Already
Provisions relating to the use of health IT are included in a new health insurer code of conduct released this week by the American Medical Association. The set of principles seeks to "bring transparency and accountability" to the multibillion-dollar health insurance industry, AMA said in <a href="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/insurers-code-of-conduct.shtml">a news release</a>.
Digital Government
YouCut Targets Federal Pay
Cutting the Obama administration's proposed 1.4 percent pay increase for federal employees in 2011 is on the radar of Republican lawmakers yet again.
Digital Government
Senate Passes Telework Bill
The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to pass legislation to expand telework opportunities in the federal government.
Digital Government
IAC announces its new leadership
Industry Advisory Council elects new leadership for the coming year.
Acquisition
Total number of interagency/enterprisewide contracts is anyone's guess
Federal agencies spend about $60 billion a year on interagency and enterprisewide contracts, but there is limited evidence that they are being effectively used and managed, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Digital Government