Digital Government
Air Force names new chief information officer
Brig. Gen. Ian R. Dickinson will head up communications and information activities at Headquarters Air Force Space Command.
Cybersecurity
Navy withheld data breach information for more than a year
The Navy knew right away that 244 employees' Social Security numbers had been released. Why did officials wait for 17 months before telling them?
Digital Government
HHS provides $144M for health IT training and research
The Health and Human Services Department is handing out $144 million to set up health IT workforce training programs and health IT research projects.
Digital Government
Can virtual worlds create better spies?
The Office of the Director of National intelligence wants to harness virtual worlds to create better trained intell officers.
Modernization
It's a Stretch
Consolidating data centers offers an opportunity to for federal IT managers to go green.
Modernization
Google's new document sharing app a security risk, experts say
But administrators have more control to block services that would allow sensitive documents from being sent accidentally, other cyber specialists say.
Digital Government
Report: Defense contractors battle 'relentless' online assaults
Unfriendly -- and friendly -- nations use Internet tools, including social networking, to ferret out information on military IT systems, UAVs and aeronautical technology.
Cybersecurity
GSA must secure online construction data, audit finds
GSA's Public Building Service needs to lock down sensitive building project data when posting it in a shared online intranet, IG says.
Acquisition
GSA gets good marks for ordering guide
GSA created guidance for, and offers training on, ordering from blanket purchase agreements.
Digital Government
NIH contract in GSA's crosshairs brings in $2.1 billion a year
If the General Services Administration is successful in convincing the Office of Federal Procurement Policy that NIH should lose its governmentwide contract authority, the agency could pick up $1 billion in new business.
Digital Government