Digital Government
DHS distributes $253M for transit security
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the availability of $253 million in grants for mass transit security.
People
Congress seeks insourcing through cataloging contracts
A spending bill headed for passage would require inventories of services contracts to show agencies’ reliance on the private sector and how agencies could save money by insourcing.
People
Social media called just another communications tool
Social media won't replace traditional communications but will instead be another way government can communicate with the public, experts said at the Government 2.5 conference.
Digital Government
Stimulus funds to pay for EHRs at federal centers
The Obama administration said it will spend $88 million on electronic health record systems at networks of federally supported health centers.
Digital Government
Senate Sends 2 Percent Pay Raise to Obama
The Senate on Saturday passed a <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/12/congress_backs_2_percent_pay_raise.php">catchall spending package</a> that includes a 2 percent pay raise for civilian federal workers. The fiscal 2010 omnibus spending package now heads to the White House for President Obama's signature.
Modernization
VA puts hospital data on Data.gov
The Veterans Affairs Department is posting its annual hospital report card online for the first time, said VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.
Digital Government
Senators appeal to OMB for Networx muscle
Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins want the Office of Management and Budget to put more pressure on agencies to transition from FTS 2001 to Networx.
Modernization
Army's Go Mobile puts big computing power into soldiers' pockets
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
NIST releases update to security standards for sensitive data
Rule specifies requirements for computer components providing services for confidentiality and information authentication.
Digital Government
Administration proposes metrics for testing FISMA performance
Recommended measures "encourage agencies to take concrete steps to improve their security," announcement states.
Digital Government