People
3. Acquisition 2.0
It's your turn to tell us what's really going on! In the FCW Challenge, we're going to devote an entire issue of Federal Computer Week magazine to the "Six Big Questions for the Future of Gov. 2.0." Up for debate here: acquisition 2.0.
Digital Government
4. The IT Agenda
It's your turn to tell us what's really going on! In the FCW Challenge, we're going to devote an entire issue of Federal Computer Week magazine to the "Six Big Questions for the Future of Gov. 2.0." Up for debate here: cloud computing.
Digital Government
Boom Goes LORAN
The Coast Guard is making sure that its LORAN stations will never serve as a <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/04/gps_backup_what_gps_backup.php>backup</a> to GPS. Yes, it's simply closing some. But in the case of the <a href=http://www.uscg.mil/d17/loranportclarence/area.asp>facility at Port Clarence, Alaska</a>, the Guard decided to literally blow up the tower, the Associated Press <a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaCny8J9TJJUHh8Y4dEyxzXV3X3AD9FD4HKG0>reported</a>.
Ideas
Nextgov Award Finalists Named
Nextgov <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov_awards/awards_honorees.php>announced</a> on Friday that 19 finalists have been chosen for the inaugural Nextgov Awards. They represent a wide range of accomplishments, having developed new ways of managing cybersecurity, innovative systems to share information in real time and online applications designed to manage increasing workloads as the Baby Boom generation retires. And all the finalists did it in the face of bureaucratic inertia, strong political head winds, and big risks brought about by insufficient budgets and Byzantine rules that must be followed to the letter.
Digital Government
Public participation in technology assessment
Blogger Brian Robinson is intrigued by the idea of the U.S. trying the Participatory Technology Assessment, which has been a success in Europe.
Digital Government
Effective IT Managers
The Office of Personnel Management testified on Thursday that most agencies are going above and beyond when it comes to complying with a 2004 law that requires managers to undergo training on areas such as employee mentoring, conducting performance appraisals and dealing with poor performers.
Digital Government
Indian Health Service promotes its EHR as low-cost solution
The Indian Health Service wants other public-sector health programs to consider its RPMS digital medical record system as a possible low-cost solution.
Acquisition
VA exceeds contracting goals for veteran-owned businesses, GAO says
The Veterans Affairs Department surpassed its goals for contracting with companies owned by veterans during the last three years, GAO reports.
Digital Government
Outside-the-box thinking about U.S.-China relations
Master's degree students in public policy at the Kennedy School present their ideas for resolving perpetual problems with China.
Digital Government
VA industry group ready to give advice on VistA
Ed Meagher, who chairs an industry group that advises the Veterans Affairs Department, is preparing recommendations for modernizing VistA.
Digital Government
NSPS transitions running ahead of schedule
DOD has transitioned 7,000 employees out of the National Security Personnel System and into the General Schedule, and it will have three-quarters of its 226,000 NSPS employees out of the system by the end of the third quarter, according to the head of the NSPS Transition Office.
Digital Government
A List of Top Docs
Keeping up with health IT policy these days is akin to solving a crossword puzzle while skydiving through a cloud of volcanic dust. It's just that easy.
Cybersecurity
Crumbling Global Security Ties?
There's a lot of talk in cybersecurity about what we need to do, but not always talk about what we have done. And that might be because the global response hasn't been sufficient enough.
Cybersecurity
NIST will coordinate national cybersecurity education program
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will work with agencies on a new program to improve cybersecurity education.
Digital Government
5. Workplace
It's your turn to tell us what's really going on! In the FCW Challenge, we're going to devote an entire issue of Federal Computer Week magazine to the "Six Big Questions for the Future of Gov. 2.0." Up for debate here: telework and the federal workplace.
Digital Government