Digital Government
Strong passwords: You DO have better ideas!
We asked you for ideas on creating and remembering strong passwords, and the floodgates opened.
People
Want program staff more involved in contracting? Make their jobs more interesting
Blogger Steve Kelman proposes a way to strengthen the role of the contracting officer's technical representative in the procurement process.
Digital Government
NIST updates guide for testing PIV card applications and middleware
Government Computer News
Digital Government
IG says Coast Guard needs better acquisition reform oversight
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
The Midas Touch
NSA nets hundreds of qualified job candidates with Lori Weltmann's idea to host a virtual career fair.
Cybersecurity
Lieberman's cybersecurity bill leans on buying power
Measure would require acquisition officers to learn about security vulnerabilities in technology products in an effort to use the government's vast purchasing power to push vendors to provide more secure solutions.
Digital Government
Bill would require FBI to fill in gaps in criminal records database
New requirements would ensure employers receive up-to-date information in background checks of potential hires.
Digital Government
Overhaul of Medicare websites focuses on transparency, usability
Agency awards $73.2 million contract for upgrades to incorporate user feedback.
Digital Government
Your Web browser's fingerprints can betray you, study finds
The Electronic Frontier Foundation studies the configurations of nearly a half-million browsers and found that the vast majority of them could be uniquely identified, which means they could be tracked without using cookies.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Will Soon Want Your Car
Hackers can infiltrate just about anything that's made up of zeros and ones, it seems. And that will include your car once it is hooked into the Internet in the not-to-distant future.
Digital Government
Don't Let the Sunshine In
National Rail in the United Kingdom had planned to start operation of a nifty new computerized train control system on the <a href=http://www.thecambrianline.co.uk/>Cambrian Coast Lines</a> in Wales but had to delay the launch because of a problem familiar to evening west bound commuters on Interstate 66 in Virginia: sun glare.
Digital Government
Oh Yeah . . . the Patient
There's a lot of talk swirling about the pros and cons of e-health records. Will they affect cost? Will they improve safety? How feasible are they? But few ever thought to ask those most affected by this technology: the patient.
Ideas