Digital Government
'Sexting' at work: Can employees expect privacy on government equipment?
Supreme Court gears up to decide whether review of police officer's racy text messages was an invasion of privacy.
Digital Government
GSA awards geospatial services agreements to four firms
$20 million blanket purchase agreement was awarded at the request of the Geospatial Line of Business, chaired by the Interior Department.
Digital Government
House passes defense bill that would reduce use of contractors
Defense spending bill includes measures to reduce spending on contractor outsourcing and new programs to reduce fraud and abuse.
Digital Government
Marines on the Moon
Gen. James Conway, the Marine Corps commandant, told a Pentagon press briefing on Tuesday that he strongly disagreed with a U.S. Central Command directive that the infrastructure in Afghanistan needs beefing up before more troops can be sent there.
Modernization
With lawsuit settled, timetable for release of Bush e-mails is tricky
E-mails that are presidential records from the administration George W. Bush discovered during ongoing litigation could be publicly available in five years under the Presidential Records Act.
Digital Government
White House wants help on open government dashboard
White House officials want advice on what metrics should be included in a dashboard to measure the success—or failure—of open government programs.
Digital Government
The 10 critical characteristics of a national cyber coordinator
Cybersecurity leaders have developed a list of critical characteristics that will be required of the new cybersecurity czar. They suggest that whoever fills the position could learn leadership skills from FDR, Churchill and Einstein.
Digital Government
Is Networx transition a third done or barely begun?
The slow pace of the Networx transition stands in the way of other initiatives that might be implemented through the contract.
People
House panel told of abuses in VA set-aside program
Veterans Affairs Department officials failed to punish business owners who lied to them to get a contract set aside for service-disabled veterans.
Digital Government
Is Your IT Department Understaffed?
Nearly half of chief information officers from companies across the U.S. believe their IT departments are understaffed in relation to current workloads, according to a new <a href="http://rht.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=131&item=865">survey</a> by Robert Half Technology.
People
NHIN needs a better provider directory, workgroup says
The next big step for the Nationwide Health Information Network is beefing up its provider directory, but that could be difficult, members of a workgroup said today.
People