Digital Government
FISMA reform rides on defense spending's coattails
A defense authorization bill amendment seeks to improve federal cybersecurity by increasing oversight, improving standards and making compliance and security more attainable.
Digital Government
Gen Y Values Privacy
Younger Internet users are actually more careful about protecting their online privacy than their older counterparts, according to a new <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Reputation-Management.aspx?r=1">study</a> by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Digital Government
Agencies to measure effects of science spending
The White House and two agencies will start collecting data on federal spending's effects on science.
Digital Government
Google browser targets federal market
Google is subtly increasing pressure on Microsoft with a new release of its Chrome browser. Government employees may now have a new alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer platform: Google has released a new stable version of its browser for Mac and Linux, bringing it out of beta for these two platforms.
People
Unions fight proposed pay freeze for feds
Unions and federal employee groups have their hands full working to turn back attempts in the House and Senate to freeze federal pay in fiscal 2011.
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:
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Vietnam Mail Call, the Poem
A tangible hit of far off homes The orange mail bag Carries everything from books to poems
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