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
On the Circuit: A blog about all things in government IT
The Circuit blog chronicles events, people, career moves and other other news from the government IT community.
Digital Government
NIST laying the groundwork for more advanced cryptography
Government Computer News
Digital Government