Digital Government
Who's in Charge at MHS?
That's a good question, since <a href=http://mhs.osd.mil/bioDetail.aspx?ID=19>Ellen Embry</a>, who has been performing the duties of the assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs since Dr. S. Ward Casscells <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/slideshows/casscells-slideshow.php>resigned</a> in April 2009, announced at the kick off of the Military Health System Conference on Monday that she too plans to retire. Folks in the know tell me she will leave in a matter of days.
Digital Government
Obama: Open government can rebuild public trust
In his first State of the Union address, the president said greater transparency in how government works can overcome the 'deficit of trust' Americans have toward the federal government.
Digital Government
IT Skills Shortage?
Don Tennant at IT Business Edge <a href="http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/tennant/is-there-an-it-skills-shortage-in-the-us-well-yes-and-no/?cs=38970">tackles</a> an interesting question of whether there is a shortage of skilled information technology professionals in the United States. The answer, he says, depends on who you ask.
Digital Government
OPM Halts Plans to Restrict SSN Use
The Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday <a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-1616.pdf">announced</a> it was withdrawing plans to create a consistent policy for restricting the use of federal employees' Social Security numbers by agencies to help combat fraud and identity theft.
Digital Government
Cloud computing: 20 percent savings in five years?
The U.K. has high hopes for cloud computing (and open-source software and voice over IP, for that matter).
Modernization
NIH Pillbox prototype is easy to digest
The National Institutes of Health's online prototype pill verification system, Pillbox, owes its success to user-centered development, its project manager said.
Digital Government
Legislation that would lead to better understanding of spectrum allocation takes first step in Congress
Two bills call for a national inventory of radio spectrum as a first step toward meeting the growing demand for bandwidth for mobile communications and computing devices.
Digital Government
NASA projects could speed transmissions from the final frontier
Faster network speeds, new network technologies could increase the ability of astronauts and probes to send images, data.
Digital Government
PlayStations power Air Force 'supercomputer'
The Air Force Research Laboratory has built a supercomputer that is driven in part by several hundred Sony PlayStation 3 consoles.
Digital Government
A call for critical thinking about securing our electric grid
The nation’s electric power grid is a vital part of our critical infrastructure, but it might not be as vulnerable and fragile as it appears. One expert says it is more resilient than we give it credit for.
Digital Government
NASA plans Tweetup event for Space Shuttle mission
A small group of followers of NASA's Twitter feeds will participate in a Tweetup event where they will get a behind-the-scenes look at a Space Shuttle mission.
Digital Government
2020 vision: 10 things you'll see on the Web in the next 10 years
By 2020, you'll have one device for all uses, proximity networking will take hold, and spam just might be brought under control, says IDC senior analyst Shawn McCarthy.
Digital Government
Health data standard could be key to better informed patients
The new rules for achieving "meaningful use" of electronic health records could be advanced through adoption of a technical standard for delivering health information to patients, according to a new white paper.
People
States improve transparency of Recovery Act spending
State governments in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota and Utah made the most dramatic progress in reporting publicly their federal economic stimulus spending online in the last six months, according to a new report.
Acquisition