Digital Government
VA tests online score card for IT projects
Site is designed to add more detail on status of projects in governmentwide IT dashboard.
Cybersecurity
House considers bill to fund cybersecurity training, research and development
Measure would require NIST to develop standards to help agencies address potential risks to their computer networks, but the possibility of full funding is uncertain.
Digital Government
White House budget document shows IT spending winners, losers
Defense Department would receive the biggest increase, while the tech budgets for Commerce, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor, and NASA would be cut.
People
2010 Federal 100 award winners announced
Federal Computer Week and the 1105 Government Information Group release the complete list of the 2010 winners of the Federal 100 awards.
Ideas
$50 Million Budget for Integrated E-Gov
President Obama reinforced his call to modernize government by asking Congress to spend tens of millions of dollars over three years on governmentwide innovations.
Digital Government
That Brit Report On Chinese Cyber Spying
The <em>New York Times</em> rather breathlessly <a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/world/europe/01spy.html>reported</a> during the past weekend that in 2007 the head of British intelligence warned businesses in England that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide ranging effort to hack into their computers.
People
Do federal managers play favorites in career advancement?
Many workers think their managers promote based on favortism, but that's not necessarily so.
Digital Government
Katie Stanton brings Silicon Valley know-how to Foggy Bottom
Having served in senior positions at Google and Yahoo, Katie Stanton’s résumé doesn't resemble one of a typical State Department insider. And that is exactly why she is the department's new director of citizen participation and special adviser on innovation.
Cybersecurity
Cyber threat growing at unprecedented rate, intell chief says
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair today gave a blunt assessment of the many cyber threats faced by U.S. government and private-sector networks.
Digital Government
Leaner defense budget aims for realistic reform
The Defense Department's $708 billion fiscal 2011 budget request closely adheres to priorities set forth in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.
Digital Government
Oops, Missed the VA Approps Bill
As more than one kind reader pointed out, <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2010/02/vas_66_billion_man.php?oref=latest_posts>I erred on Monday when I said Congress has yet to pass the 2010 VA Appropriations Bill.
Digital Government
The Budget's Personnel Priorities
The fiscal 2011 budget proposal unveiled by the White House on Monday identifies several high-priority goals for the Office of Personnel Management over the next two years.
People
SSA to share data with 15 more health information exchanges
The Social Security Administration awarded $17.4 million to 15 health information exchanges that will begin sharing their patient medical data with agency.
Digital Government