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
Saving NASA's Constellation Program
Lawmakers last week blocked President Obama's plans to liquidate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Constellation program, reigniting hopes that the agency would be able to send astronauts up to the moon again.
Digital Government
Is Understaffing Holding Back Tech?
Understaffing is interfering at least somewhat with the ability of many organizations to implement innovative or emerging technologies, according to a new survey by Robert Half Technology.
Ideas
Web Design Done Well
Nextgov <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/04/web_design_duds.php>wrote</a> a few weeks back about the best and worst of government websites. Now one more organization has jumped on the improvement bandwagon: The Federal Judiciary, home of the U.S. Courts, on Saturday launched a <a href=http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx>redesigned website</a> complete with additional tools and a whole new look.
Digital Government
FEMA puts disaster info into hands of smart-phone users
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's new mobile Web site offers information on emergency preparedness, response and assistance via smart phone.
Digital Government
The trouble with truffles, and other airport security tales
In our recent stories on how, and how not, to take a laptop PC through airport security, we asked readers to recount their favorite tales of checkpoint complications. And they responded with gusto.
Digital Government