Digital Government
FEMA weighs outfitting housing inspectors with smart phones
Move would allow inspectors to carry fewer pieces of equipment and work more efficiently.
Digital Government
Keep health IT standards simple, says chief technology officer
Aneesh Chopra recommends HHS design easy-to-understand criteria for more efficient patient data exchanges.
Digital Government
Medicare agency to post payment data on public Web site
Online tracker aimed at exposing wasteful spending, but sparks privacy concerns.
Digital Government
GSA pushes back Networx deadlines
Even with the extensions, agencies are unlikely to finish moving to the new contract by the time the old one expires, observer says.
Acquisition
Gordon gets Senate panel's nod for OFPP
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee chairman seems confident about Daniel Gordon getting the Senate’s approval to the the administator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Digital Government
Treating 419,000
That figure -- 419,000 vets form the Afghanistan and Iraq wars -- staggers the mind, especially when you consider that this is 61 percent above the number the Veterans Affairs Department treated in its 153 hospitals and more than 1,110 outpatient clinics in 2008, according to the report on the Senate version of the VA fiscal 2010 appropriations bill passed on Tuesday.
Ideas
Air Force Needs More PS3s?
Part of my job involves searching through , the online home for almost all procurement-related federal notices. The vast majority of the technology-related notices in <a href="http://www.fedbizopps.gov/">FedBizOps</a> are pretty standard: hardware purchases and requests for information for new security software. Occasionally you'll see a notice about a bigger upcoming project.
Ideas
Commitee Passes Cybersecurity Bill
The House Committee on Science and Technology approved a bill Wednesday to support cybersecurity research and training, and the development of clear cybersecurity standards for federal agencies to follow.
Digital Government
Feds falling behind in the race against cyber threats, GAO says
Despite increased cooperation among agencies that protect the government's information infrastructure, persistent vulnerabilities and lack of comprehensive security programs leave government IT systems vulnerable to attack.
People
Get a Life: Why feds should be thankful
Blogger Judy Welles highlights recent developments that bode well for federal workers.
Modernization
Industry would get hit in cyber war, report says
Privately owned critical infrastructure likely to be targeted in a cyber war between nations, a report says.
Digital Government
Scholarships for Federal IT Service
A bill introduced on Tuesday would create a scholarship program to fund education in mission-critical fields in exchange for a federal service commitment. The bill (S.2789), introduced by Sens. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would create a civilian counterpart to the military's Reserve Officer Training Corps by offering scholarships in mission-critical fields like information technology, science, engineering, public health and law, in exchange for a commitment to work for the government.
People
How to defend against social-media brand thieves
Strategies businesses use for social media also work well for government organizations, a Web marketing expert said at the Web 2.0 Expo.
Digital Government
NIH preparing small business GWAC for IT services
The National Institutes of Health has released a draft RFP for a small business set-aside acquisition vehicle that will cover a broad array of IT services.
Digital Government
Hospitals tighten security on patient data
More than half of health care executives surveyed said they are buying new cybersecurity tools to comply with the economic stimulus law's requirements to protect patient data.
Digital Government