Cybersecurity
Can insurers protect the U.S. from cyberattack?
Incentives for online insurance could help companies bounce back from hacks
Digital Government
XML versions of online federal regulations lack signature of authenticity
The Government Printing Office posted information in a format to allow manipulation of the data while it looks for a way to digitally sign the documents to indicate they have not been altered.
Digital Government
Lawmaker calls for telework incentives during shutdowns
Virginia Democrat asks OPM to document productivity savings gained by employees working from home during storms.
Modernization
DISA's 2011 budget tightens communications security
Request includes walling military traffic from the Internet, upgrading secret messages for the president and providing satellite phones to troops in Afghanistan.
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