Digital Government
Where's Mullen?
I have not hung out in the Web-sphere with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in about a month, so I decided to do some social networking with him this afternoon.
Ideas
Policy on Fixing Reports Reversed
The board overseeing stimulus spending, acknowledging inaccuracies in job-creation data, has reversed a policy barring recovery fund recipients from fixing mistakes after reports are due, board officials announced on Tuesday.
Ideas
DHS Steps Up Information Sharing
State and local governments just may enjoy greater access to federal information, if recommendations from an interagency task force actually get implemented. Led by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder, the Presidential Interagency Task Force on Controlled Unclassified Information released <a href=http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cui_task_force_rpt.pdf>a report</a> recommending a "single, standardized framework for making, safeguarding and disseminating sensitive but unclassified information."
Digital Government
Google phones may ring in the new year
Google is reportedly considering offering its own mobile phone based on the Android operating system as early as next year.
Digital Government
GSA adds up cloud savings
The General Services Administration estimates it can save as much as $1.7 million a year by switching its USA.gov search Web site to a cloud computing infrastructure. Here's how the numbers break down.
Digital Government
iPhone overcoming IT security skepticism
Apple's iPhone is winning over enterprise security skeptics and is now becoming a viable option to Research in Motion's BlackBerrys and Microsoft Windows Mobile handsets.
Cybersecurity
OMB proposes new FISMA performance metrics
The Office of Management and Budget is considering new computer security reporting metrics that would include real-time security awareness and management.
Modernization
White House boosts social media apps
Applications built on social media platforms are effective ways to share government information, White House official says.
Cybersecurity
DHS, Michigan team on cybersecurity
The DHS Computer Emergency Readiness Team will identify possible abnormal activities on Michigan’s networks under a new agreement between the department and the state.
People
Highway officials gave contractor too much, IG says
An IG found that officials focused first on congressional interests and minimized the contractor's financial problems to avoid disrupting the program.
Modernization
Recovery.gov site has new page to fix problems
The board in charge of tracking economic stimulus law spending has instituted new logic checks and policies to fix errors.
Digital Government
IT Hiring Shows Modest Increase
Hiring expectations of private sector technology recruiters and hiring managers have improved slightly over the past six months, according to a recent <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzYxNjkzfENoaWxkSUQ9MzU1MTg2fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1">survey</a> by Dice.com. The survey found that 45 percent of recruiters and hiring managers expect flat to increasing hiring plans for the first six months of 2010, while 48 percent of recruiters and hiring managers said they anticipate cutbacks in IT hiring.
People
Crowdsourcing saves the day in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington'
FCW cartoonist and blogger John Klossner delivers a fresh, high-tech spin on the classic Jimmy Stewart film.
Digital Government
HHS beefs up health IT coordinator's office
The Health and Human Services Department's Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will double in size to prepare for regulations.
People