Digital Government

Agencies use technology in effort to unravel Watergate mystery

Forensic specialists analyze meeting notes in hope of explanation for 18 1/2-minute gap in tapes.

Digital Government

Military Health to evaluate two electronic dental records systems

Agency will spend six months reviewing applications developed by a Northrop Grumman-SAIC team and Harris.

Digital Government

Census director focuses on putting IT to the test before the big count

In an interview with Nextgov, Robert Groves talks about testing the bureau's networks designed for the decennial census, his development philosophy and using the Internet in 2020.

Cybersecurity

Former cyber exec: Spread cybersecurity responsibilities

In an interview with Nextgov, former director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team Mischel Kwon also calls for less regulation and following basic patch processes to secure systems.

Ideas

Tracking Your Twitter Account

The Web and everything related to it seems to be 2.0 these days, but Google Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik's 2.0 take on Web analytics deserves the version two status. Not only does he methodically outline a new approach to analyzing Web metrics, but he offers some advice on how to measure the success of social media tools.

Digital Government

Googling Iraq

Want a positive sign that security in Iraq is improving?

Digital Government

Tech Jobs to Boom In D.C.

Dice.com <a href="http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/virtualization_security_expertise_needed_in">reports</a> that while there has been much speculation that technology jobs in the Washington, D.C., area would boom in the past year, mostly due to new federal health care regulations, overall unemployment in the location stands at 11.4 percent, up from 7.4 percent a year earlier.

Digital Government

Feds launch health IT blog

InformationWeek

Cybersecurity

University unites industry, gov to tighten energy sector cybersecurity

Professors hope program overcomes what they see as a lack of cooperation among government and businesses to develop policies to protect and respond to a cyberattack on power companies.

Digital Government

Prospects fade for quick Real ID repeal

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Digital Government

Joint Telemedicine Network eyed for mental health services

Expanding the network would allow Army behavioral health specialists working at large hospitals in Iraq to provide counseling to patients at smaller field hospitals.