Digital Government
Social Networks: Critical for Future Feds?
A recent <a href="http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/press/Press-Releases/press-release/c309defc93475210VgnVCM200000bb42f00aRCRD.htm?id=USRSS&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DeloitteUs+(Deloitte+LLP+Top+Stories)">survey</a> by consultant Deloitte found that social networking has become so central to teens' lives that they would consider their ability to access them during work hours when weighing a job offer. The survey found that 88 percent of teens surveyed use social networks every day, with more than half saying they would consider their ability to access social networks at work when weighing a job offer from a potential employer.
Digital Government
How DOD wants to speed shop
One-product, one-test approach would involve the exchange of an approved products list, testing standards and vetting processes.
Digital Government
10 technologies to watch in 2010
Government policies on information sharing, mobility, more efficient networking and, of course, security help define the technologies that will be hot this year.
People
White House forum examines IT, government modernization
Technology alone will not modernize government agencies, new processes are also needed, according to business leaders who participated in a White House forum.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft will maintain its great firewall in China
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company will continue to comply with China's censorship rules, despite Google's recent suggestions that it might exit that market due to Chinese government censorship practices.
Digital Government
Information therapy measures in rule for electronic health records
The Health and Human Services Department included quality measurements based on a discipline called information therapy in its recent proposed rule for electronic health records.
Digital Government
Army mulls realignment to fortify cyber command
Army officials are weighing realigning networking and communications units to build a fully operational cyber component by October 2010.
Digital Government
Cyber crime takes a bite out of legitimate systems
Attacks on systems often go undetected and are growing in number and sophistication.
Digital Government
DOE assembles team to tackle cybersecurity threats to power grid
The Energy Department assembles the National Energy Sector Cyber Organizationam to work on reducing cybersecurity risks faced by the U.S. power grid.
Digital Government
Information therapy measures in rule for electronic health records
Federal Computer Week
Modernization
Spectrum space cleared for wireless, public safety
Wireless microphones that operate in the 700 megahertz band of spectrum will be affected.
Digital Government