People
White House official advises on open-government plans
Agencies' open-government plans should not specify programs but instead outline the goals for transparency, a White House official said today.
Digital Government
Luring Young IT Workers
The Defense Department is creating a new manual to help federal agencies attract the next generation of technology workers, FederalNewsRadio.com <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1890425">reports</a>.
Modernization
Extreme makeover: Cutting data centers down to size
Under new pressure to curb data center spending, agencies must decide whether it's better to remodel old or build new data centers to keep up with growing IT demands.
Modernization
How to decide whether to retrofit or replace your data center
Answering these questions can help you decide if it's better to remodel your old data center or build a new one.
Modernization
Will data center history repeat itself?
Obama administration officials who are dead set on consolidating data centers across government might profit from talking with former Clinton administration officials, who undertook a similar task nearly 15 years ago—with depressing results.
Digital Government
Security agencies release Top 25 programming errors
Developers of the Top 25 list of programming errors include DHS, NSA, MITRE and the SANS Institute, and they hope to have the list included in standard contract language that would help make software developers accountable for the security of their products.
Digital Government
GSA, DISA launch commercial satellite solicitation
The General Services Administration has added two new special item numbers for commercial satellite communications services to Federal Supply Schedule 70.
Digital Government
Health IT systems vulnerable to server failures, study reveals
Three-quarters of the 102 health IT professionals surveyed said they experienced downtime related to a server failure during the past two years.
Acquisition
Government should take a cue from consumers
A startup called Groupon provides the federal government with a good model of how to leverage buying power, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Cybersecurity
Cyber exercise aims to teach the good guys to think like the bad guys
The National Defense University's Cybersecurity Challenge wants to educate professionals on how hackers think to better understand how to spot and stop penetration attacks.
Digital Government
Labor moves to paperless pension filing
New electronic system will bring significant savings for the department, contractor says.
Modernization