Digital Government
Three named to top GSA contract posts
ITS assistant commissioner Ed O'Hare fills vacancies to oversee governmentwide acquisition contracts, schedules and acquisition operations
People
Transition office established to hasten end of pay for performance
The Defense Department has created its National Security Personnel System Transition Office, which will oversee the conversion of about 200,000 DOD employees from the NSPS pay-for-performance system to a pre-NSPS personnel management system.
Digital Government
'The Guardian' of government data
On the heels of the United Kingdom's launch of its own version of Data.gov comes a new site developed by The Guardian newspaper that provides access to online government data sites from around the world.
Digital Government
NOAA, Google partner on data visualization project
NOAA and Google will develop the visualization of NOAA's data by using Google’s software.
Digital Government
E-prescribing tools raise reliability concerns
Some e-prescribing systems rely too much on patients to remember details about their medications and are vulnerable to delays when pharmacy networks crash, according to members of an HHS workgroup.
Acquisition
Did CDC violate contract rules? Agency, auditors disagree
The HHS inspector general is accusing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of violating federal acquisition rules prohibiting personal services contracts, while CDC's director insists no violation has occurred.
Digital Government
Online forum launched for Haiti relief efforts
Volunteer technologists designed WeHaveWeNeed.org for Haiti relief to link donor companies with nongovernmental organizations that need supplies.
Digital Government
New threats compel DOD to rethink cyber strategy
The Defense Department's diversity remains its Achilles' heel in the race to improve information assurance.
Digital Government
TSA told to restart competition for IT infrastructure work
The Government Accountability Office told TSA to restart the competition for the Information Technology Infrastructure Program, putting TSA back at square one.
People
GSA CIO tweets from endangered plane
FCW Insider recounts the story of General Services Administation CIO Casey Coleman's harrowing flight, during which a passenger attempted to open an exit door in mid-air.
Digital Government
New threats compel DOD to rethink cyber strategy
The Defense Department's diversity remains its Achilles' heel in the race to improve information assurance.
Digital Government
Tragedy in Haiti: The mother of invention
IT experts around the world have looked for every available means of supporting relief operations and easing the suffering of the quake’s survivors.
Cybersecurity
Without cyber response policies, U.S. can only denounce China attacks
The cyberattacks on Google originating from China highlight technology as a growing arena for the clash of national values and interests.
People
The Army delivers social media to soldiers
The Army has been experimenting since October with its own secure version of Facebook.
Digital Government
Agencies identify biggest threats to cybersecurity
More than half of all federal agencies experience a cybersecurity incident on a weekly or daily basis, according to a survey conducted by CDW Government.
People