Ideas
Put Desktops In Cloud
An EPA senior official who earlier this month challenged a Washington online community to "put your desktop into the cloud" -- or work completely on the Web -- has generated <a href="http://semweb.meetup.com/31/calendar/11944383/">some grassroots support</a>.
Digital Government
Napolitano concedes airline security system failed, including watch list database
Enter Abstract hereHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded Monday that the aviation security system failed when a young man on a watch list with a U.S. visa in his pocket and a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Modernization
Enterprise content management and the system-is-the-solution fallacy
When it comes to enterprise content management systems, many agencies buy technology before they have strategies in place, writes columnist Tim Sprehe.
Digital Government
About Schmidt: We finally have a cybersecurity coordinator. Now what?
The challenges facing Howard Schmidt as he takes on the job of coordinating the nation's cyber defenses might be equaled only by the opportunities.
Digital Government
The ’00 7: The decade’s most important tech advances
We select seven technologies that changed the game during the unofficial decade of 2000-2009.
Cybersecurity
Add workforce woes to cybersecurity chief's agenda
Howard Schmidt should make it a priority to build a sophisticated cybersecurity workforce, writes Max Stier, president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service.
Digital Government
Senate Health Care Bill: Reader Beware
If you really want to ruin your day, try reading and comprehending the health care bill, which I did Tuesday and much of Wednesday.
Ideas
On Deck: The Cyber Deputy
After a long wait, the country finally has it's first cybersecurity czar in the person of Howard Schmidt. Like most of the experts, having interviewed Schmidt I'm well aware the depth of his experience and expertise in this area. But any federal manager is only as good as the people who support him, which is why I was very interested to see <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1848282">this report</a> from Jason Miller of FedNewsRadio about his potential deputy:
Digital Government
The word on Word
The ramifications of the Microsoft Word case will be small for most users.
Digital Government
OPM Plans Facelift of USAJobs
The Office of Personnel Management is making a new year's resolution for 2010: overhaul USAJobs.gov, the government's primary job search Web site. According to a <a href="http://www.usajobs.gov/newlaunchvideo.asp">video</a> on USAJobs, the new Web site, which will launch on Jan. 23, will be easier to navigate, more streamlined and more personal. Federal job applicants will be able to better refine job search results, as well as share job search information on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking Web sites.
Digital Government
A Different Take on Jobs Outlook
eWeek's Careers blog has an interesting <a href="http://blogs.eweek.com/careers/content001/hiring/specialized_it_skills_to_dominate_2010_tech_jobs_report.html">post</a> about how the outlook for IT hiring in 2010 may not be as bright as many research firms have speculated.
Digital Government
HHS pumps $60M into research on health IT adoption
HHS officials today announced a new program with $60 million for research on overcoming the barriers to adoption of electronic health records.
Digital Government
Part 3: Data is key to transition to Networx and beyond
Data collection is at the heart of GSA's efforts to move from FTS 2001 to Networx as well as laying the foundation for future transitions, says Karl Krumbholz.
Digital Government
States and local agencies take to clouds, report finds
State and local governments will adopt cloud computing, virtualization, service-oriented architecture, open-source software and geospatial technologies at an accelerating rate over the next five years, according to a new Input report.
Digital Government