Digital Government
White House's online contests for feds have roots in Virginia
The commonwealth asked employees for ideas to streamline government and used the Web to post metrics for how public services are performing.
Digital Government
Army abruptly stops rollout of electronic dental record application
E-mails do not offer a reason for the delay, but the service might be considering fielding an internally developed system.
Cybersecurity
Industry should lead cybersecurity partnership
The federal role should be to regulate and enforce standards and respond to threats, report recommends.
Digital Government
Defense's space program weighed down by delays and cost overruns
Programs to build ground stations and satellites have been delayed as much as seven years and costs are estimated to increase by $11 billion from fiscal 2008 through fiscal 2013.
Ideas
The Unreported White House Logs
The White House has been attracting attention recently for posting <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records">visitor logs</a> online in an attempt to demonstrate the unprecedented level of transparency that President Obama has promised since his campaign began. This is the first time such information has been posted online.
Modernization
Record numbers use IRS' e-file in 2009
IRS officials say a record number of people have filed their tax returns electronically this year.
Cybersecurity
TechAmerica: Appoint cybersecurity coordinator now
The technology trade association TechAmerica wants President Barack Obama to make good on his promise to appoint a cybersecurity coordinator.
Digital Government
OPM Touts Info-Sharing Culture
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Friday sent a <a href="http://www.chcoc.gov/Transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalId=2585">memo</a> to agency chief human capital officers, highlighting a new training effort that will focus on the importance of information-sharing and collaboration between federal agencies and state, local, tribal and private sector partners. In the near future, Berry said, the information-sharing program manager would present its "Culture of Sharing" training and incentive initiatives to the Chief Human Capital Officers Council.
Digital Government
Call for More Cyber Expertise
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., on Friday outlined five basic principles he hopes will be included in cybersecurity legislation he expects to introduce later this year with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. One of those principles involves addressing challenges in hiring, retaining and training cybersecurity personnel in the federal government. For example, legislation should help develop a cybersecurity career path in the federal government and lay out new training programs to help retain cyber experts, he said.
Cybersecurity
Collins opposes White House cyber czar
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she opposes putting a cybersecurity coordinator in the White House.
Digital Government
No, This is The Intel Budget
The United States spent $49.8 billion on the National Intelligence Program for fiscal 2009, according to a <a href=http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20091030_release.pdf>press release</a> issued on Oct. 30 by Dennis Blair, director of National Intelligence.
Modernization
FEMA needs better IT systems to cut risk of double-dipping, auditors say
FEMA pays out billions in disaster aid without the means to guard against double-dipping, according to a new audit.
Acquisition
Federal cost-reimbursement contract overview is a mess, GAO says
It is hard to get a handle on federal cost-reimbursement contracts because of missing documentation and incomplete accounting, says a new GAO report
Digital Government