Digital Government
Questions prompt strong defense of broadband program
A Democrat on the Senate Small Business Committee raised concerns on Tuesday that federal regulators are wasting taxpayer dollars by funding duplicative broadband infrastructure projects as part of the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus program.
Digital Government
House panel starts work on bill aiming to develop science agencies, innovation
The bill would reauthorize the 2007 America COMPETES Act for five years and would authorize about $82 billion in funding for the bill's programs.
Modernization
GSA chief outlines IT spending to House appropriators
Integrating databases, improving public websites and developing an online application agencies can use to track greenhouse gas emissions are part of a double-digit increase in the agency's fiscal 2011 budget request.
Digital Government
Foreign contractors could face prosecution in U.S. courts
Senate committee approves bill that would subject overseas firms to civil and criminal proceedings in the United States.
Digital Government
Army releases plan to rebalance and adapt Future Combat Systems programs
Plan describes how the service will rebalance units and adapt Future Combat Systems programs.
Digital Government
VA official says patient-controlled health records guard privacy better
But few Americans have created the medical files, making individually managed records the centerpiece of a national network problematic, a privacy group counters.
Digital Government
Workforce Mapping Walter Reed, Bethesda
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington will close in September 2011, with its personnel, patients and operations moving to an expanded, joint medical facility at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Cybersecurity
CIA Gives Nod to Cybersecurity
The Central Intelligence Agency is ramping up cybersecurity efforts with increased investments in technology, a move that the agency claims also will boost efficiency.
Digital Government
State Department social network in the works
The State Department will be launching its own social network for employees and diplomatic officials.
People
An innovative approach to mentoring the new contracting workforce
The FBI turns to FFRDC employees to work with its latest generation of contracting staff, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Dirt Roads and the Digital Divide
Rural areas of the country that have some of the highest rates of chronic disease are far less likely than urban areas to benefit from health information technology. It's not just a dearth of electronic health records. In many cases, rural health care providers don't have access to reliable broadband.
Digital Government