Digital Government
Attack of the killer cell phones, Part 2
GCN Lab’s Greg Crowe responds to reader comments about cell phone health risks.
Digital Government
Navy's Top IT Priorities
Navy Department Chief Information Officer Robert Carey recently wrote a <a href="http://www.doncio.navy.mil/Blog.aspx?ID=1581">blog post</a> highlighting his top 10 priorities for the department in 2010, and it's no surprise that workforce issues are front and center.
Digital Government
VA CIO Roger Baker gets around
See what he says about IT, marriage, and alligators.
Acquisition
House panel links acquisition reforms to people
After a year of hearings, the chairman of a House panel on Defense Department acquisition reforms says DOD must develop new regulations for hiring and building up a civilian acquisition workforce.
Modernization
Surgeon general collaborates with Microsoft for online e-record management
The U.S. surgeon general is expanding its online tool to allow consumers to assemble their family medical histories by adding links to Microsoft's HealthVault Personal Health Record application.
Digital Government
HHS awards $100M for pediatric e-health records
The Health and Human Services Department is investing in the development of pediatric electronic health records in 18 states.
Cybersecurity
Lawmaker urges support for Global Online Freedom Act
Bill currently has nine bipartisan cosponsors.
Digital Government
White House says data mining to focus only on government files
In reaction to a discussion of the controversial Total Information Awareness program, administration and security experts say intelligence practices should not include sifting through private records.
Digital Government
Census struggles to solve IT problems in time for 2010 count
With time running out before the decennial head count gets fully under way, key IT systems the Census Bureau is relying on still have performance problems, the Government Accountability Office told Congress.
Digital Government
FCC to seek $18B for emergency wireless communications network
The proposal will be part of the commission's upcoming national broadband plan.
Digital Government
Will Defense Play Nice?
On Feb. 19, Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management Budget, and Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, sent a <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-10.pdf>memo</a> to Defense Department Secretary Robert Gates; Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki; Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; Commerce Secretary Gary Locke; Michael Astrue, commissioner of the Social Security Administration; and John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, detailing the formation of a high-level task force to coordinate all federal health information technology.
Digital Government
Portrait of Generation Next
A new <a href="http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf">report</a> by the Pew Research Center provides new insights into the views and personalities of the 18-to-29-year-old Millennial generation, particularly when it comes to technology.
Ideas