Ideas
Your Tweets, Archived for Eternity
Think those 140-character ideas you have will be forgotten? Think again--the Library of Congress on Wednesday announced that it will acquire and archive every public tweet--ever--starting from Twitter's inception in 2006. According to the Library's Facebook page, that's more than 50 million per day and billions in total.
Cybersecurity
GAO Talks FDCC Failures
Usually when the Government Accountability Office releases a <a href="http://gao.gov/products/GAO-10-202">report</a>, there's a bit of finger wagging going on inside the Beltway. But with two new reports highlighting the lack of compliance by major federal agencies to meet the requirements of both the <a href="http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DGK-eVhgZWcJ:www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2008/m08-05.pdf+Trusted+Internet+Connection&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi1jLZL7ngbvJD6AS0LLOkEJM8Y_F1LPxuRw6mV4McfMoVAPGrpfkjWZnjtfZam54tLx23rxax9C7Zh4HxhQsh1f04bEU1fB6nz1I3odlR-sbX0mwtYXWIZygs9dapMwGCThyL6&sig=AHIEtbT5zbBYfwH4DT38Tf1ctUE1OAxPcA">Trusted Internet Connection</a> (TIC) and the <a href="http://nvd.nist.gov/fdcc/index.cfm">Federal Desktop Core Configuration</a> (FDCC) White House initiatives, it's more like finger pointing.
Ideas
Web Design Duds
The .Gov space has thousands upon thousands of Web sites. Some are sleek and user-friendly (<a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/>Whitehouse.gov</a>, for example), while others appear to be forgotten projects from the Internet's early days. Austin Carr over at <em>Fast Company</em> has compiled a <a href=http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/best-and-worst-government-web-design?partner=homepage_newsletter#0>slideshow</a> of the best and worst of government web design.
Digital Government
Cyber-[fill in the blank] tops list of federal priorities
Experts cannot seem to decide whether cyber war, cyber crime or cyber diplomacy should take precedent in the nation’s strategy, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
Digital Government
Cyber-[fill in the blank] tops list of federal priorities
Experts cannot seem to decide whether cyber war, cyber crime or cyber diplomacy should take precedent in the nation’s strategy, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
Digital Government
Food safety legislation may ladle IT money to FDA
Sen. Durbin's bill would increase trace-back and surveillance of food-borne illness data but lacks specifics on how it would be done.
Digital Government
Navy 'Milicruiting' Cyber Workers
The Navy is "milicruiting" veterans and military spouses to help beef up its cybersecurity workforce. The department plans to hold its Milicruit and Hire Heroes USA virtual career fair on April 29 for veterans and military spouses who are qualified in information technology disciplines to join the Navy's civilian ranks and help defend the department's networks. There are immediate cyber job openings in Norfolk, Va., and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Navy said.
Cybersecurity
Senators look to Amsterdam for airport technology
Computer-based auto-detection technology deployed at Amsterdam’s airport to screen passengers for explosives could be useful in the United States, according to some senators.
Acquisition
Recovery Act work strains SBA acquisition staff
SBA's IG raises concerns about the agency's contracting shop shrinking even as the work is growing.
Cybersecurity
Civil liberties groups fight biometric IDs
The ACLU and other civil liberties groups oppose two senators' plan that includes a requirement for biometric Social Security cards.
Cybersecurity
Haiti response proves interagency collaboration can work
Every once in awhile, a cataclysmic event will bring together the factions and defy federal compartmentalization.
Modernization
IG questions SSA's data center siting process
The SSA's Inspector General knocks agency's process for choosing a location for its new $800M data center.
Digital Government
Pick to lead DOD's Cyber Command to face senators April 15
Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, is scheduled to have his confirmation hearing to lead the Defense Department's planned Cyber Command.
Cybersecurity