Digital Government
VA and DOD expand health data exchange pilot
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments are beginning a health data exchange pilot project in Virginia as the next phase of their virtual lifetime electronic record development.
Digital Government
Agencies Join Forces to Recruit
Federal agencies will need to fill more than 11,500 mission-critical information technology jobs during the next three years, and they must be prepared to meet the high demand for the talent, particularly given the increasing eligibility for retirement among federal workers and insufficient IT talent pipelines, according to a new <a href="http://www.ourpublicservice.org/OPS/documents/IT%20Issue%20Brief%20Final.pdf">report</a> by the Partnership for Public Service.
People
GSA loses senior official to retirement
A top GSA official plans the next phase of his professional life.
Acquisition
Federal court gives HUBZone program priority
The Small Business Act makes it mandatory, not optional, to give HUBZone companies a preference over other small businesses, a judge rules.
Digital Government
Air Force's retro acquisition strategy comes with a price
The latest twist in the Air Force tanker program is the product of a dysfunctional procurement system, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
People
US clears way for social media to reach human rights activists
An amendment issued by the Treasury Department makes it legal to export Web technologies--such as instant messaging, chat and e-mail, and social networking--to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.
Digital Government
Census allows little time to build networks for temporary offices
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
White House details how agencies should legally organize contests
Guidance includes following federal acquisition rules, contracting with a third party and using department-specific mandates.
Cybersecurity
Security guidance to aid agencies in cloud computing push
Threat list is helpful but incomplete, analysts say.
Cybersecurity
VA investigating security breach of veterans' medical data
In violation of department policies, physician assistant allegedly conducted an unauthorized download of two sets of clinical records in an attempt to conduct research, according to sources.
Digital Government
DOD social media policy fails to answer security questions
Former Director of Defense Information Paul Strassmann questions how DOD's new directive, permitting NIPRNet access to the Internet, will work without more explicit security direction.
Digital Government
Security Breach Déjà Vu at VA
Oh my, when will they ever learn at the Veterans Affairs Department? I have heard from well placed sources that the VA inspector general may start an investigation into how and why an employee of the VA medical center in Atlanta downloaded patient clinical data to a personal laptop.
Digital Government
Don't Ask, and Ye Shall Recieve
Roger Baker, the chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department and <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/02/vas_66_billion_man.php>the $6.6 billion man</a>, will get a few more shekels to spend in fiscal 2011 if the Senate VA committee and the Republicans on the House VA committee get their way in the long budget process.
Ideas