Cybersecurity
House panel advances bill to make chief technology officer and cyber czar permanent jobs
Legislation aimed at streamlining FISMA to improve information security processes and ease reporting burden on agencies.
Modernization
Social media both unites and divides federal workforce
Used appropriately, Web 2.0 tools can benefit intergenerational relationships, a valuable lesson as the applications become more important to agency missions in the future, experts say.
Modernization
Hill: Pilots need cockpit technology to detect volcanic ash
FAA's new air traffic control system will provide more accurate information, but onboard, real-time systems still are needed, aviation experts say.
Digital Government
Coast Guard's PIER delivers the news on Gulf oil spill
The popular Deepwater Horizon Response website, created one day after the BP rig exploded, allows agencies to collaborate on information released to the public and could become a model for other agencies to use for disaster response.
Digital Government
GSA's Johnson calls zero footprint goal government's "moon shot"
Green IT, stronger acquisition workforce top strategies for building sustainability.
Digital Government
Air Force writes a book on social media protocol
Air Force strategist offers a few do's and don'ts on putting together an effective social media guidebook.
Digital Government
Secrets to social media acceptance revealed
Panelists at the Open Government and Innovations Conference revealed tested strategies for convincing leaders to adop social media tools.
Digital Government
What scares managers about younger workers
The use of social networking tools underscores the generational divide, but crossing that divide will help agencies accomplish their missions, panelists at the 2010 Open Government Innovations Conference say.
Digital Government
Texas' Ethnically Diverse Memorial
I live in small town America, <a href=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=2004+8th+st+las+vegas+new+mexico&fb=1&gl=us&hnear=2004+8th+st+las+vegas+new+mexico&cid=0,0,928856835541983793&ei=q5DgS8nAKYaglAeS28H7CA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQnwIwAA>The Original Las Vegas</a>, in New Mexico, which means that folks just wander in from time to time.
Ideas
How Real the Semantic Web?
Most have heard of the Semantic Web, an idea developed by Tim Berners-Lee . Generally speaking, the Semantic Web, or Web 3.0 as it is also referred to, will be able to make connections among your personal information and devices to anticipate your simple actions, decisions and needs. (The classic, yet simplified, example Berners-Lee offered years ago is a call comes in to your phone and the Web automatically turns down the volume on your stereo. The example goes on to show more complicated tasks such as setting up an appointment with a new doctor.)
Digital Government
Is Internet freedom coming to China?
Blogger Steve Kelman takes gets a surprising response to his informal survey and American and Chinese students at the Kennedy School.
Digital Government
Cultural Barriers
I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2010/05/virtual_career_fairs.php">wrote</a> on Monday about how the intelligence community is using virtual career fairs as a way to save money and draw the kinds of tech-savvy candidates it is seeking. Late last month, the Veterans Administration and the Labor Department also held a virtual job fair exclusively for veterans and military spouses. The online event, which used a virtual platform developed by Milicruit.com, included virtual booths where participants could learn about job opportunities at various public and private sector organizations, submit resumes and take part in virtual interviews.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers circulate draft consumer privacy bill
The bill, which has not been introduced, would restrict how companies can share personal data they collect from people over the Internet and offline.
Cybersecurity