Digital Government
Reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act: New coalition
Fierce Government IT
Digital Government
Conservative views will slow government IT adoption
Agencies will lag behind the private sector in innovation and online collaboration, study says.
Digital Government
Administration puts its stamp on 'inherently governmental'
OMB tells agencies to use definition in the 1998 FAIR Act.
Cybersecurity
Guide puts a price tag on security breaches
Organizations will be more likely to take cybersecurity seriously when they see that failing to do so could cost them, groups say.
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