Digital Government
CIO Council considers new privacy guidance
People who work with the federal enterprise architecture could soon get additional guidance for building privacy protections into systems.
Acquisition
GSA solicits wisdom of the crowd for acquisition improvements
General Services Administration officials are testing collaboration and using social media to improve the federal acquisition process.
Digital Government
Hill negotiators weigh uniform standard for spending reports
Aides are trying to reach consensus on House-passed language that would direct agencies to use the same format for financial data.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity bill first step in fixing controversial FISMA
Agencies would be required to monitor vulnerability of networks and consider the security capabilities of products and services before buying them.
Digital Government
Soundbytes: Facebook, Health Reform and Flying
A weekly roundup of the best in Nextgov comments. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.
Modernization
GSA chief says agency will 'up its game' with technology
Administrator Martha Johnson says improving the flow of information and data, and more reliance on social media will provide better service to agencies and will be what drives growth.
Cybersecurity
FISMA 2.0 Picks Up Steam
A <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.4900:">bill</a> that rewrites the 2002 Federal Information Security and Management Act (FISMA) was <a href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca33_watson/2010324.html">introduced</a> by Rep. Diane E. Watson, D-Calif., o n Wednesday. Vivek Kundra, federal chief information officer for the Obama administration, didn't state his approval for any specific measures in the bill but did reiterate his disdain for the ongoing paper-based compliance measures supported by current law.
Digital Government
Health Reform and Health IT
Making law is often compared to making sausage, but the crafting of health care reform that unfolded over the past year more resembled the intractable twisting and turning of a taffy puller. If nothing else, the epic process provided a ready-made excuse for reluctant readers: Why peruse today a bill that will change again tomorrow?
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is Hard
It's not going to be easy creating an overall strategy for protecting federal networks from hackers and insider threats. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, prepared the government for just that when talking about the 2009 Cybersecurity Act, which she co-sponsored with Sen. John (Jay) Rockefeller, D-W.Va.:
Ideas
House Passes File Sharing Bill
The House on Tuesday passed a <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.4098:">bill</a> that would mandate a policy banning the use of file sharing software on federal computers and networks, along with those used by contractors.
Digital Government
45 Pounds Sure is Heavier Nowadays
This Sunday, as my buddy Paul McCloskey, editor of <a href=http://govhealthit.com/>Government Health IT</a>, and I passed mile marker six on the <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/03/touched_by_history.php>Bataan Memorial Death March</a> we passed a young soldier toting an enormous rucksack, who was limping and favoring his left leg.
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