Digital Government
IT Procurement, Happily Ever After
If Aesop were writing today, he might spin a cautionary tale about the selection of electronic health records. The moral? A proprietary system that looks like a golden goose may turn out to be a costly pile of sour grapes. Or something like that.
Cybersecurity
Navy's World Class Cyber Command
When it comes to cybersecurity, the U.S. Navy is way ahead of its time, says Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute, where I work as managing editor.
Acquisition
SBA now will give grades, not colors
SBA has revised its annual Small Business Procurement Scorecard format to help clarify grades.
People
New lifeline for the poor and underprivileged arrives via mobile health
Because of White House involvement, Text4baby is probably the most high-profile example of mobile health. Its success is likely to give more attention to a health information technology approach that has been in development for at least three years and is on the cusp of expanded federal regulation.
Modernization
Need precedes the deed of moving to the cloud
NOAA's use of cloud computing for the National Weather Service's Web site could be a model for other agencies.
Acquisition
Clarity is key to avoiding icy government-industry relationship
Daniel Gordon, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, is trying to clarify the guidelines for government contractors. For industry executives, getting his attention is as important as hearing what he has to say.
People
What's on Sonya Thompson's bookshelf?
The deputy assistant director/chief information officer of the Federal Bureau of Prisons shares her current favorites.
Modernization
Recommended reading
The truth about cell phones and airplanes; office technology and the multitasking illusion
Modernization
What you need to know about storage in the cloud
Because new data centers might not be an option to accommodate future government data growth, cloud storage services might provide an answer.
Modernization
Cloud storage: Interest, but little action now
What are your plans to adopt pay-per-use hosted storage from service providers such as Amazon Simple Storage Service, EMC Atmos, Nirvanix, Planet or AT&T?
Acquisition
New media means smarter contracting for GSA
Developments in the field of collective intelligence could juice the General Services Administration's acquisition business, according to new GSA Administrator Martha Johnson.
Modernization
Army impressed by initial test of next generation radios
A central part of a plan to modernize brigades, radios will link units so they can transmit broadband data, including imagery.
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