Digital Government
FAA: Aircraft must adopt new communications system by 2020
Satellite-based technology will improve accuracy and visibility of flight position information.
Cybersecurity
National strategy is light on cybersecurity details
Plan devotes more attention to computer threats than previous documents, but still doesn't offer concrete solutions, a security specialist says.
Cybersecurity
House cybersecurity overhaul included in Defense authorization bill
Legislation would update requirements for safeguarding data and establish a national cyberspace office.
Digital Government
White House to tie together mapping and data sites
By making applications on Geodata.gov available on Data.gov, the public will be able to mashup disparate information to create layered maps that they can share.
Digital Government
Navy joins effort to track moving oil slick in the Gulf
The service deploys systems to measure currents, water temperature, salinity and organic matter such as oil from the surface to depths of thousands of feet to develop a model of the evolving spill and where it's headed.
Digital Government
America's First Black Aviator
Ask anyone to identify America's first black aviators, and they would undoubtedly cite the famed <a href=http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/>Tuskegee Airmen</a> of World War II, including Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr., who went on to become the first African American Air Force General.
Ideas
OPM Finds Lots More Teleworkers
The Office of Personnel Management conducted a survey of federal workers on telework habits and has begun to munch the numbers. While the survey findings haven't been released, Justin Johnson, deputy chief of staff at OPM, gave a sneak peek at some of the results during a panel discussion on telework on Thursday.
Digital Government
No Clouds in Future for Health Data
Health care data won't be moving to the cloud any time soon despite an expected increase in the volume of information, according to health IT managers.
Ideas
It's Official: GSA Picks Contest App
The General Services Administration on Thursday officially announced that Web services firm ChallengePost will offer a free tool that lets agencies easily launch online contests, information that Nextgov <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100430_9749.php">reported last month</a>.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity chief amplifies call for public-private teamwork
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt highlighted today at a national symposium efforts in Washington to bolster cyber defense across military and industry.
Modernization
Government-only virtual world on the way
Federal agencies are building the vGov government-only virtual world that will be used for employee training, education, meetings and simulations. It's expected to go online in July.
Digital Government
Are Training Dollars Spent Wisely?
A Republican senator is asking questions about how much is being spent by the federal government to train high-level workers in the executive branch.
Digital Government
National Security Strategy: Digital infrastructure protection a 'national security priority'
The Obama administration today released a national security strategy that described the United States' digital infrastructure as a "strategic national asset" that must be protected.
Cybersecurity
Bhalotra to the White House
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt is expected to name <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?vmi=&id=9181008&pvs=pp&authToken=Nhvk&authType=name&locale=en_US&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile">Sameer Bhalotra</a>, his deputy cybersecurity coordinator soon. According to sources, Bhaltora, a professional staffer at the U.S. Senate, sent out notes last night informing people of his move to the White House.
Digital Government
DOD considers shielding private networks
The Defense Department is considering deploying the Einstein network protection systems to private-sector networks to protect the nation's critical infrastructure.
People