Digital Government
Needed: A Security Tune Up
As the nation's health industry embraces electronic health records, one area that certainly will become a hot topic -- even more so than now -- is the security of those records. If history is any indication, the digitized medical files will be just as susceptible to hackers and unauthorized users' prying eyes as most other electronic files stored on every network nationwide.
Cybersecurity
Feds Failing File Transfer Test
Federal agencies are concerned about securely moving data from one system to another, but employees still are using unsafe transfer methods and leaving systems open to threats, according to a new <a href=http://www.meritalk.com/2010-ftpsecurityreport.php>survey</a>[registration required] from Meritalk and Axway, a security solutions provider.
Ideas
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Box
A new online inbox to solicit anonymous comments from service members and their family members about the impact of reversing the ban on openly gay soldiers in the military went live this month.
Digital Government
Are Generational Stereotypes Useful?
Tom Fox of the Partnership for Public Service tackles the question of whether generational stereotypes are real in Monday's <a href="http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/fedcoach/2010/05/generational-differences.html">Federal Coach column</a>. Fox argues that there may be real differences among the four generations in the federal workforce today, but conventional wisdom may not always be accurate. As a result, federal leaders should spend time asking questions and getting to know each member of the team in order to gain perspective on what motivates each employee, regardless of their generation. Leaders also should make sure they're looking for talent that matches the needs of today, rather than seeking traits that already exist, Fox advises.
Modernization
Measure would require agencies to put all public records online
New legislation would mandate that agencies make public records permanently available online.
Digital Government
Baker responds to VA VistA report
Roger Baker, assistant secretary for information and technology at the VA, thanks the VistA advisory committee for its "exhaustive" report.
Cybersecurity
A House insider's view of U.S. cybersecurity policy
Rep. Yvette Clarke, the chairwoman of House Homeland Security subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Cybersecurity, discusses the difficulty of legislating an issue that constantly changes.
Modernization
Mobile SSA statistics: Agency wants an app for that
The Social Security Administration surveys vendors about creating iPhone applications.
Digital Government
Cybersecurity buzz could be a bubble
The cybersecurity market is booming, but how long will that continue?
Acquisition
HUD CIO seeks help with IT investment system
The Housing and Urban Development Department asks small-business contractors to bid on supporting HUD's IT Investment Management system.
Digital Government
White House dismisses cyberattack as culprit in Dow Jones plunge
White House Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan said he has no indication that a cyberattack was behind the Dow's 1,000-point plunge last week.
Digital Government