People
Teleworkers get the job done with a BlackBerry and car charger
It's a worst-case scenario for teleworkers — being caught in a blizzard with no electricity — but they find a lifeline in the form of their smart phone and a car charger.
Modernization
Washington's snow response GIS mapping system gets a workout
D.C.'s Snow Response Reporting System lets users type in an address and see which surrounding streets have been plowed or salted within a specified date range.
Digital Government
There's no panic like snow panic
Trudy Walsh blogs about Washington's penchant for panicking at the sight of snow—but concedes that the panic may be appropriate for the blizzard of 2010.
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