Digital Government
OPM's Reorg Includes Room for IT
The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday announced a complete restructuring of its organizational chart. The <a href="http://www.opm.gov/about_OPM/reorg-2010/FunctionalDescriptions.pdf">restructuring outline</a> includes a few plans for information technology, including elevating the role chief information officer at the agency.
Modernization
Microsoft launches tech policy Web site
Microsoft today announced that it has launched a new Web site to engage the public in discussion about major technology policy issues including privacy, security, cloud computing and intellectual property rights.
Digital Government
Nexus One: All that and a trackball
Google ups the ante in the smart phone frenzy with the Nexus One, a smart phone running the Android OS.
Acquisition
GSA chief of staff Germain steps aside
Danielle Germain, chief of staff at the General Services Administration since June, is leaving due to the time it's taken to get a permanent administrator in place.
Digital Government
Former EDS exec Duffey to be Virginia's next technology secretary
Virginia Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell has nominated Jim Duffey to serve as his secretary of technology, according to announcement today from the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
Cybersecurity
Obama calls for closer eye on watch list system
The government has updated its terrorist watch list system and added more names to the "no-fly" list after a failed attack aboard a plane on Christmas Day.
Digital Government
Marines go GREENS for battlefield power
The Office of Naval Research has come up with a highly portable photovoltaic/battery system that Marine units can take into the field with them.
Digital Government
DARPA seeks better, faster development of complex defense systems
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Hundreds of vets participate in test of sharing electronic health records
The Veterans Affairs Department and Kaiser Permanente will exchange electronic patient files to test if they can improve care and lower costs by reducing redundant lab procedures.
Digital Government
Army to spend heavily on new aircraft
The Army's deputy chief of staff for operations today signaled that the service will continue to invest heavily in high-demand aircraft needed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.
Ideas
Mashup Probes White House Visitors
Less than a week after the White House began releasing visitor logs on a regular basis, watchdog groups already are linking the names of people doing business there to campaign finance stats online for all to see.
People