Cybersecurity
DHS falls behind in issuing HSPD-12 ID cards, IG reports
Poor management and not enough funding have caused the Homeland Security Department to fall behind in its distribution of HSPD-12 identification cards to employees and contractors, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
SBInet's caretaker shares frustrations about delays, snafus
Mark Borkowski is in the unenviable position of overseeing SBInet, the border protection system that is as noteworthy for its ambitious scope as it is for technical glitches and schedule delays.
Cybersecurity
Why information sharing is not always enough
The job isn't done when information is shared but rather when it is thoroughly analyzed by people not only collecting the dots but also connecting them, writes Zoe Baird of the Markle Foundation.
Digital Government
You can't separate the 'social' from social media
Social networking has always been and will continue to be a vital part of any organization, whether it happens online or on the softball field, writes Steve Radick.
Acquisition
Agencies should not fear talking to contractors
Columnist Steve Kelman writes that communication between government and industry is key to saving money and and preventing misunderstandings in contract language.
Modernization
Dispatches from the federal blogosphere: Apple's iPad, broadband and blogging advice
A NASA blogger on blogging; broadband's national hookup; and the USPS IG ponders the implications of the iPad.
Digital Government
Committee makes recommendations on electronic health records use
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Reporting rules needed to make open government work
If federal officials are to take full advantage of the economic stimulus spending data, recipients must follow standards for submitting information, geospatial expert says.
Digital Government
Contractors will see 2.5 percent drop in quarterly revenue, research firm says
Weather-related federal closures have affected companies with mid-Atlantic operations.
Digital Government
Panel asks HHS to be flexible with electronic health records rules
Clinicians and hospitals should be allowed to defer up to six of the 25 standards for the digital files and the information they provide.
Digital Government
It's Time for Google Croissants
Google, it seems, thinks it can do almost anything better than anybody, from its core search business to <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100211_9967.php?oref=topnews>broadband networks</a> to <a href=http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/02/exclusive-google-nexus-one-hands-on-video-and-first-impressio/>mobile phones</a>.
Ideas
Crowd-Sourced Digitization Kicks Off
A new experiment in crowd-sourced digitization kicked off last week with the inaugural meeting of the International Amateur Scanning League. This new club's first task will be to organize its volunteers to digitize 1,500 DVDs from the National Archives and Records Administration so that the content can be shared on YouTube, the Internet Archive and Public.Resource.Org's Public Domain Stock Footage Theater for free.
Ideas