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
Taking Twitter Too Far?
Sun Microsystems Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Schwartz late last week announced his resignation on Twitter. His <a href="http://twitter.com/OpenJonathan/status/8620937722">tweet</a> incorporated a bit of haiku -- Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more -- and fell just below the platform's 140-character maximum. When major private sector players start using social media to break news, will others follow suit?
Digital Government
After Murtha: Vacancy on critical House defense panel opens way for new leader
John Murtha will be remembered for his long government service, military career and a love of earmarks that sometimes put him in hot water.
Cybersecurity
DHS debuts open government suggestion box
The Homeland Security Department has debuted an online tool for public comment on how it can be more transparent to meet open government requirements.
Digital Government
The IT and HR Disconnect
A disconnect exists between information technology managers and the human resources professionals who assist them when it comes to increasing IT workers' motivation, according to the February issue of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzY4MDc2fENoaWxkSUQ9MzYzNzUzfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">Dice Report</a>.
People
Responsibility to telework?
One reader finds out that just because employees can telework doesn't mean they really will.
Digital Government
Feds could get access to advanced cloud-computing technologies
Microsoft and National Science Foundation team up to provide cloud-computing tools to certain users.
People
Teleworkers get the job done with a BlackBerry and car charger
It's a worst-case scenario for teleworkers — being caught in a blizzard with no electricity — but they find a lifeline in the form of their smart phone and a car charger.
Modernization
Washington's snow response GIS mapping system gets a workout
D.C.'s Snow Response Reporting System lets users type in an address and see which surrounding streets have been plowed or salted within a specified date range.
Digital Government