Cybersecurity
Senators press for increased cybersecurity attack planning
The president would be required to notify Congress in writing 48 hours after an emergency is declared and lay out the reasons and estimated time frame for it.
Digital Government
NRC fines VA for botched radiation therapy procedures
Record penalty reflects 'lack of safety culture to ensure patients are treated safely [and] the potential consequences to the veterans,' official says.
Digital Government
National Broadband Plan calls for charging agencies for spectrum use
FCC argues imposing a fee would free a range of frequencies for broadband because groups that use signals inefficiently would choose to reduce their holdings.
Digital Government
TSA seeks auto-detection for controversial body scanners
The agency will continue to deploy the technology in major airports in fiscal 2011, officials say.
Digital Government
Why Health Care Costs so Much
Wired Executive Editor Thomas Goetz, writing for The Huffington Post on Tuesday, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-goetz/the-dark-side-of-healthca_b_496943.html">explained</a> why health technology, unlike, say, advancing computer technology, doesn't bring health costs down, but actually causes them to increase - a lot. Here's his reasoning:
Ideas
Broadband Plan: Test Fed Sites
The national broadband plan released by the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday presents federal Web managers with a somewhat impossible mission.
Digital Government
VA's Health Exchange Down a Month
The Veterans Affairs Department doesn't plan to turn on for at least another month a system that exchanges information in veterans' electronic health records with the Defense Department, Roger Baker, VA's chief information officer told me.
Digital Government
The Camera's (Human) Eye
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a research project to develop systems imbued with something that only exists in the animal kingdom: visual intelligence. The name of the project? The <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/download/ef9/ef9960d732bf796e6557916b4adf3ea9/DARPA_Minds_Eye_Industry_Day_Announcement_15March2010_(2).pdf>Mind's Eye</a>.
Cybersecurity
The Case for Information Sharing
I moderated a webinar last week for <a href="http://www.govexec.com/">Government Executive</a>, and the conversation unsurprisingly began with the important topic of information sharing versus information protection. Former Transportation Department Chief Information Officer <a href="http://twitter.com/technogeezer">Dan Mintz</a> led this part of the discussion, and his message was direct: Information sharing has to win out over protection because security should be part of everything users do online.
Digital Government
Social Résumés
Millenial social networking Web site Brazen Careerist last week <a href="http://www.brazencareerist.com/">rolled out a new tool</a> that allows users to create social résumés. The tool enables users to showcase ideas, blog posts and other projects, all in addition to traditional résumé information, like work history and education.
Cybersecurity
DHS freezes spending on virtual fence project
The department plans to keep freeze in place until a review is completed.
Digital Government
FCC's broadband plan is out; now for the hard part
It's going to be many months, if not years, before we see just where this plan leads, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
Cybersecurity
DHS, industry to try fusion centers for classified data swap
The Homeland Security Department plans to use state and local intelligence fusion centers to share classified data on cyber threats to critical infrastructure.
People
National broadband plan promotes health IT, telemedicine
The Federal Communication Commission's National Broadband Plan includes health information technology and telemedicine.
Digital Government