Digital Government
White House eyes Army Reservist, surgeon for Defense top doc job
Sources say the administration might name Dr. Jonathan Woodson, an associate dean at Boston University, to be the next assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
Digital Government
OPM kills plan to stop using SSNs as government employee identifiers
Agency and insurers said the proposal would have required them to create alternative federal IDs for a large number of internal and external databases.
Digital Government
BREAKING NEWS: GSA chief Martha Johnson nomination moves ahead
End of long wait is in sight after Senate Majority Leader files cloture on Johnson.
Digital Government
Before iPad, There was Newton
By now, practically everyone on the planet knows that Steve Jobs and Apple introduced on Wednesday the iPad tablet, the machine That Will Change The World As We Know It Forever.
Digital Government
When iPods are killers
iPods, smart phones and other personal devices are raising new questions about safety on the battlefield, on the beat and in other hazardous areas, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
Acquisition
Army let contractor get too involved in program, IG says
DOD's IG found that a company helped develop a contract and then bid on it.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity regs seen as less restrictive in the U.S.
Some information technology executives in the U.S. also estimate that a major cyberattack would cost a company $6.3 million for one day of downtime.
People
What's hot on campus? Performance measurement
Blogger Steve Kelman is happy to report that the Kennedy School of Government has seen a serious uptick in the number of students interested in the issue of performance measurement in government.
Digital Government
How not to find out you have cancer
Doctors and patients could need help dealing with digital health records.
People
Agency tells employees not to mix professional, personal social media
EPA's interim social media policy encourages employees to use the emerging technology responsibly.
Digital Government
IT Takeaways from SOTU
In his State of the Union address on Wednesday evening, President Obama proposed extending a student loan forgiveness program to students who commit 10 years to public service careers. Obama's proposal appears to be an <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/07/student_loan_repayments_take_effect.php?oref=search">extension of the 2007 College Cost Reduction Act</a>, which took effect in July 2009 and allows students to tailor payments made on federal loans to their incomes. Federal loans they have not paid off after 10 years of public service are forgiven in their entirety. The law does not apply to private loans, however, and public servants must make at least 120 monthly payments on the loan while in a qualifying job for their remaining debt to be erased.
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