People
USDA grants aim to expand health care to rural areas
Nearly $35 million in grants from the USDA aim to support telemedicine and distance learning in rural areas.
People
Unions want say in telework policymaking
A half-dozen unions have offered Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry a hand in developing policies that would ratchet up the numbers of teleworking feds.
People
Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and women in technology
A Halloween party for some Cub Scouts reminds FCW cartoonist John Klossner about the challenges that women still face in the working world.
Modernization
DOD expands access to Defense Connect Online
The Defense Department's online collaborative tool previously accessible only to those holding DOD common access cards will now be accessible to sponsored non-DOD personnel serving as mission partners.
Digital Government
IT acquisitions present new challenges for Pentagon
Top Defense official says department must be nimble in providing soldiers with state-of-the-art technologies.
Digital Government
Business costs, skills top list for contractors locating operations in U.S.
Report is part of a series by TechAmerica to highlight how technology contractors can establish operations -- and keep jobs -- in the United States.
Digital Government
Homeland Security CIO reviewing dozens of programs for costs, risks
Richard Spires says his goal is to find where DHS has systemic weaknesses in managing IT programs, and he leaves open the possibility that some projects could be suspended.
Digital Government
Memories for Remembrance Day
I have always preferred Remembrance Day as a better name for the Nov. 11 holiday than Veterans Day, as the former requires me to pause, think and reflect on those who served and still serve.
Ideas
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Digital Government