Digital Government
Panel: Obama's open government directive faces hurdles
Transparency has improved, but concrete policies must follow, analysts say.
Digital Government
VA expands plan for troubled IT projects to all system development efforts
Many of the department's 282 technology programs show at least one characteristic of failure, prompting officials to apply the management and accountability system to all projects.
Digital Government
White House, NIST launch online forum to collect public input on smart grid
As part of Obama's open government initiative, the public can provide comments in a blog about how their personal energy use is sent over the advanced electric grid.
Cybersecurity
Determining the motives for cyberattacks can be tricky
Sometimes allowing an attack to play out generates useful leads, security specialist says.
Digital Government
Two Mil So Congress Can Watch TV?
This <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=69b3b8d881494e6e4d9f519d806c69f7&tab=core&_cview=0>contract award notice</a> was posted on FedBizOpps on Feb. 19, detailing the cost of the gear needed to receive DirectTV on three DC-9 jets operated by the 932nd Aircraft Wing at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for "Distinguished Visitor" (that would be congressional folks and other pooh-bahs).
Digital Government
Are IT Careers a Dead End?
Sharyn Leaver of Forrester Research has an interesting <a href="http://advice.cio.com/forrester_research/the_it_career_path_a_dead_end_or_an_avenue_to_the_exec_suite">blog post</a> at CIO.com about how baby boomers and Generation Xers are steering the younger Millennial generation away from careers in information technology, largely because trends toward outsourcing and cost-cutting are draining the field of its career opportunities.
Digital Government
Feds will play a big part in broadband push
The Federal Communications Commission is slated to publish its big plan for faster broadband adoption in about three weeks, but that won’t be the only federal government involvement.
Cybersecurity
Navy looks to advance cyber defense
The Navy wants algorithms that can be used for malware detection and to distinguish between legitimate and malicious traffic.
Ideas
Second Life at Work
The Agriculture Department is going virtual, and employees may soon be able to conduct business through 3D avatars rather than traditional teleconferencing, email or good old-fashioned staff meetings.
People
Obama's health plan would expand use of IT
President Obama's health care plan includes some new databases and IT systems to reduce fraud and waste.
Digital Government
Indian Health Service to upgrade its EHR system
The Indian Health Service plans to upgrade its digital health record system this year.
Modernization
Pentagon offers online NSPS transition course
The training program is an information primer for the 200,000 employees who will be transitioning out of the National Security Personnel System.
People
Telework: From "What if…" to "What now?"
For longtime advocates of telework in government, February's Snowmageddon was a mess just waiting to happen.
Digital Government
Is your cell phone trying to kill you?
Studies that link cell phone use to cancer probably aren't going to scare us into not using them, but is the risk even real? GCN Lab's Greg Crowe has some thoughts.
Digital Government
DOD lifts ban on USB drives
The Defense Department has lifted its 15-month-old ban on USB drives and other portable media, a restriction that had proved to be unpopular as well as potentially unenforceable.
Digital Government
Small-biz Powertek gets prominent ex-fed as COO
Dan Mintz, former Transportation Department chief information officer under the Bush administration, has left Computer Sciences Corp. to become chief operating officer at Powerteck.
Digital Government
What is the Navy Privacy Team reading?
Steve Muck, a member of Navy Chief Information Officer Robert Carey’s privacy team, offers these recommendations.
Digital Government