Digital Government
Pentagon extends tanker competition deadline
Move gives European consortium EADS time to put together a bid for the lucrative contract.
Digital Government
Takai: Let's All Work Together
Teresa "Teri" Takai, who President Obama <a href= http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100329_8439.php>nominated</a> as the Defense Department's chief information officer on Monday, taped a video message for her workers in February that could easily be applied to Defense: work together more effectively.
Digital Government
Madison Ave. to Gild Health IT
The Health & Human Services Department has enlisted a private public relations firm to persuade Americans that health information technology systems will protect their personal health information. The contract will pay Ketchum $26 million to devise the public education campaign, <a href="http://www.govhealthit.com/newsitem.aspx?nid=73411">reports Government Health IT</a>.
Cybersecurity
Software Exploits Running Wild
Moving assuredly, if not swiftly, through <a href="http://www.counterhack.net/who_am_i_.html">Ed Skoudis's</a> "Most Dangerous Attack Vectors" list brings us to third-party client-side software exploits. Translated to English, attackers exploit all those programs that make your life easier (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) or make your computing experience more fun (iTunes, Real Player, QuickTime). Any third-party software running on top of Windows or Mac operating systems, especially document viewing tools like Adobe Reader, is vulnerable to this kind of attack. Additionally, attackers often launch these exploits on the same day the vulnerability becomes generally known--before a vendor has released a patch.
People
Is the acquisition workforce too small -- or too big?
In response to a recent article, a reader suggested that the Obama administration is trying to solve the wrong problem in government acquisition.
Digital Government
VA/DOD center might offer lessons for health IT
A first-of-its-kind health facility in Chicago could serve as a case study in how DOD and the VA can integrate electronic health record systems.
People
About Face(book): Marines lift ban on social networking
Marine Corps officials lifted a ban for marines on using social networking Web sites on the service’s non-secret network, according to a memo.
Digital Government
Feds prepare RAMP for cloud
A new program could make it easier for agencies to get authorization to move to their IT operations to the cloud.
Digital Government
Tapping Tech for Disabled Workers
Federal agencies should beef up training and technical support to better equip their managers with the tools needed to effectively hire, retain and manage employees with disabilities, according to a new <a href="http://www.teleworkexchange.com/unnecessarybarriers/">survey</a> by the Federal Managers Association and Telework Exchange, an organization founded and operated by the public relations firm O'Keeffe & Company in Alexandria, Va., which has clients who sell telework equipment and services to government.
Cybersecurity
DHS to hire 170 IT employees during next 18 months
Richard Spires, the CIO of the Homeland Security Department, said today his IT workforce will almost double by October 2011.
Ideas
GSA Continues Acquisitions Shakeup
The General Services Administration on Tuesday announced another leadership change in its Federal Acquisition Service, the office responsible for coordinating goods and services for government agencies. Jon Jordon, controller for FAS, will serve as acting deputy commissioner starting April 3.
People
DFAS employees can be suspended, fired over credit scores
Rep. Dennis Kucinich and three other members of the Ohio congressional delegation asked the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to temporarily shelve a policy which suspends or terminates employees who post low credit scores.
Digital Government
Defense CIO nominee will face tough challenges
Takai will rely on her experience in network compatibility and information sharing, but she faces a steep learning curve on tactical networks and the command-and-control systems the department relies on to conduct operations worldwide.
Digital Government
HHS wiki airs concerns about planned health network service
Government Computer News
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