Cybersecurity
VA faces major hurdles to comply with FISMA, audit finds
The Veterans Affairs Department has "significant" obstacles to overcome to meet its FISMA compliance goals, a new audit reports.
Acquisition
GSA's Williams counters IG charge of lost savings
Williams said GSA has no evidence of a widespread problem of vendors submitting incorrect invoices.
Digital Government
Does playing video games really make you smarter?
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency wants quantitative research on how immersion in virtual worlds affects real world performance.
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