Digital Government

FEMA seeks social media contractor

Washington Technology

Digital Government

Study links online transparency efforts, trust in government

More than 36,000 citizens rate 14 agencies' sites on openness.

Cybersecurity

Software developers are to blame for most cyberattacks, say security experts

Researchers release a new list of dangerous programming errors.

Digital Government

Simulation shows government lacks policies needed to respond to cyberattack

The risk is not that the government would do too much, but rather it would not have responded strong enough, said a participant in the exercise.

Ideas

Pick Me Google, Pick Me

Digital Government

Remembering a Lost Airship

Ideas

Xbox to Aid E-Health?

The Xbox, Microsoft's powerful video game console, may soon be good for more than just virtual basketball games and war simulations. Company researchers currently are looking to adapt the device to various healthcare needs, including the transfer and display of electronic medical records.

Digital Government

Microsoft official and GCN editor talk cloud on C-SPAN

Wyatt Kash, editor of 1105 Government Information Group's Government Computer News, will appear on C-SPAN to discuss cloud computing.

Digital Government

Timing the pre-emptive cyber defense

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is apparently turning to the hacker community for its next level of cybersecurity development.

Digital Government

DISA to establish safe haven outside the Internet

The Defense Information Systems Agency is developing plans to cordon off its unclassified networks from public Internet access.

Digital Government

Food-safety, public health surveillance IT highlight FDA fiscal 2011 budget request

The Food and Drug Administration wants a 23 percent increase in its budget for fiscal 2011 in part to expand several information technology programs.

Digital Government

HHS Open Government Web site snowed by bad timing?

As of today, only three people have commented on the new Open HHS Blog. That seems to suggest a slow start to the discussion about how HHS can be more transparent and more accessible.

Cybersecurity

DHS gets new intell chief

Caryn Wagner started today as head of the DHS office that uses information technology to share homeland security-related data with state and local authorities.

Acquisition

VA to implement IT-driven, patient-centered care model

In what it describes as a massive transformation, the Veterans Affairs Department is preparing to adopt a relatively new concept called patient-centered care that uses technology to keep patients informed and engaged.