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.
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
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.
Digital Government
VA's Spiffy New Web Site, But . . .
I really, really wanted to praise the slick design of the redone <a href=http://www.va.gov/>Web site</a> operated by the Veterans Affairs Department, which it launched on Monday. But, alas, I instead need to put on, once again, my grump hat.
Ideas
RATB: Independent or an Agency?
Officials at the board overseeing stimulus spending and Recovery.gov have stressed to Nextgov that they are part of an independent body, not the White House. Ever since Congress established the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board last winter, officials have said they should not be described in print as White House officials or government agency officials.
Digital Government
Paid Parental Leave
The federal government could save an estimated $50 million in recruitment and retention costs by putting in place a paid parent leave benefit, according to a new <a href="http://iwpr.org/pdf/FEPPLAA141.pdf">study</a> by the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
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