Modernization
Budget request addresses some open government costs
White House proposal includes pools of funding to encourage collaboration and innovation.
Digital Government
After Snowmageddon comes the Mobilpocalypse
Recent studies suggest that the network contracts that agencies are signing up for now and in the near future probably won't be robust enough, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
Digital Government
VA Wants Some Good Health IT Ideas
The Veterans Affairs Department kicked off the <a href=http://www.ehealth.va.gov/EHEALTH/VHAInnovationInitiative.asp>Veterans Health Administration Innovation Initiative</a> on Feb. 5 and asked its employees to come up with some good ideas to help it do the transformation thing.
Ideas
Operating Status: Down
With record-breaking snow pounding the Washington area over the weekend (and more expected tonight and tomorrow), much has been made of the Office of Personnel Management's decision to close the federal government two days in a row. Feds in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area have been so anxious for news that OPM's operating status page has been down for brief periods on both Sunday and Monday nights.
Digital Government
GSA's new administrator sworn in by phone during snowstorm
A record snowstorm forced Martha Johnson to be sworn in over the phone as the General Services Administration's new administrator, with her husband serving as the witness, according to GSA.
Ideas
Use E-mail or Pay $15,000 Penalty?
Small businesses that don't have email may find themselves in trouble with the Labor Department, according to The Pension Department, a New York-based consultancy.
Digital Government
Hathaway gets award from trade group for cybersecurity review
The Internet Security Alliance today gave Melissa Hathaway its annual McCurdy Award for her work on the Obama administration's review of cyberspace policy.
Acquisition
VA officials toughen small business rules
A new rule defines the eligibility requirements for businesses to get verified status as a veteran-owned small business
Modernization
Feds brace for another storm
Another massive snowstorm threatens the Washington metropolitan area, overwhelms OPM's Web site, closes the federal government and sparks telework complaints.
Digital Government
Top IT Management Challenges
Government information technology leaders will need to embrace new ideas and approaches in order to address a wide range of technical and management challenges, including increasing transparency and boosting cross-agency collaboration, according to a new <a href="http://analytics.informationweek.com/abstract/104/1333/Government/research-government-2-0.html">survey</a> by InformationWeek.
People
Overheard on Twitter
Traffic and shopping aren't the only things that have ground to a standstill during Washington's blizzard of 2010. Add the federal Office of Personnel Management Web site to the list.
Cybersecurity
Bringing cybersecurity to the watercooler
Melissa Hathaway, who led the Obama administration cyberspace policy review last year, urges a national dialogue in understandable language on the cyber threat.
People
Federal CIO pursues relentless efficiency via TechStat meetings
Vivek Kundra says the administration intends to leverage the power of technology to make the government run more efficiently.
People
Crowdsourcing for social service
A social services-oriented program sponsored by Pepsi makes blogger Steve Kelman wonder about the potential role of crowdsourcing in government.
Modernization
VA launches Open Government Web site with IT dashboard
The VA today introduced its new Open Government Web site with a dashboard showing progress on the VA's IT projects and an idea forum to encourage public engagement.
Modernization
Administration names Open Gov working group
The group is working on the issues of transparency and participation by the federal government.
Digital Government