Modernization
Government re-opens while feds talk telework in aftermath of blizzard
Now that severe weather in the nation's capital and elsewhere have provided ample opportunities for testing continuity-of-operations plans, federal employees have some thoughts.
People
TechStat: A new way of doing business in Washington?
There is a very tough balance to be sought in these "Stat" meetings between providing outside scrutiny to agency IT projects and the meetings' intended purpose as occasions for learning and improvement.
Digital Government
Advice for the cyber czar: Make friends with OMB
Melissa Hathaway, the Obama administration’s former acting senior director for cyberspace, said the strongest ally the cyber coordinator needs or should have is in the Office of Management and Budget.
Cybersecurity
Former officials plan guest appearances in cyberattack simulation
A bipartisan group of former senior government officials will participate in a simulation to show how the government would craft a response to a major cyber incident.
Digital Government
NOAA launches online climate portal
The prototype Climate.gov Web portal would serve as a tool for the proposed NOAA Climate Service, a new line office that would bring together expertise and data from other NOAA offices already observing and modeling the Earth’s atmospheric and oceanic systems.
Digital Government
Washington's snow response GIS mapping system gets a workout
Washington Technology
Digital Government
NASA readies modeling and simulation for launch in browsers
Government Computer News
Digital Government
White House looks to IT to provide efficiencies, report says
Obama administration wants to spend money to save in the long term, with many proposals focused on system consolidation.
Modernization
Google's super-broadband plan could benefit agencies' online efforts
Company officials aren't commenting yet on specific ramifications for government.
Digital Government
Appeals court to hear cell phone tracking case
The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the court urging that the district court's decision be upheld.
Digital Government
Sensitive Information? Read the Budget
It's amazing what I can find trolling through thousands of pages of budget documents. Like this one: the location of a highly sensitive system.
Ideas
Get Ready for Cyber ShockWave
A Washington think tank will host a simulated cyberattack on the United States on Tuesday to demonstrate how the government would respond to a large-scale attack on the nation's computer systems and networks.
Ideas