People
Acquisition 2.0 in action
These tools will help innovate and streamline processes by providing a more collaborative environment for decision-making, experts say.
Digital Government
Oops, Forgot That Education Data
The Veterans Affairs Department manages a whole bunch of claims -- for disability, education and even burial benefits. Until this month, the department presented data on pending claims in a relatively <a href=http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/2009/092809.xls>straightforward fashion</a> in a spreadsheet called the <a href=http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/index.asp>Monday Morning Workload Report</a>.
Cybersecurity
Exit system for foreign travelers stands at a crossroads
The Obama administration is poised to decide whether to proceed with a program to use biometrics to keep track of foreign visitors' departures.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers press for automated exit system
Some lawmakers are looking for the Obama administration to deploy an automated system that would use biometrics to verify the departure of noncitizens from the United States.
Digital Government
Loran Gets 3 Month Reprieve
The Coast Guard-operated Long Range Navigation system (Loran) managed to survive the Obama administration's cancellation attempts until at least January thanks to language in the final version of the <a href=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_reports&docid=f:hr298.111.pdf>Homeland Security Department Appropriations bill</a>, which awaits the president's signature.
Digital Government
Federal agencies expected to make broad move to Windows 7
A new survey suggests federal information technology managers expect to adopt Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system more broadly and more quickly than they did with Microsoft’s Vista OS.
Digital Government
Federal agencies expected to make broad move to Windows 7
Government Computer News
Digital Government
GSA awards $99 million contract for IT support to combat drug trafficking
Booz Allen Hamilton will explore functionalities that will enhance an information sharing system for law enforcement agencies.
Modernization
Official: Despite budget cuts, NASA to continue spending on IT
Key areas for the space agency include supercomputing and data mining, and integrated modeling techniques such as structural, optical and thermal simulations.
Digital Government
FCC votes to move forward with proposed net neutrality rules
The FCC voted today to authorize a notice of proposed rulemaking that would set limits on how Internet carriers can interfere with traffic in the name of network management.
Ideas
The Hoping it Fails Syndrome
Something you hear quite often when covering government is the concern among top managers that some, or sometimes many, federal employees want executives who are trying to change government to fail. Most often, it's not politically driven. The change involves business processes and strategic shifts, ideas that are not ideologically spawned or driven. Mangers I have talked to say these employees just don't want to change the way they have worked for years, or they see the change as a threat to their control over a specific detailed process or policy, or they fear the change threatens their livelihood.
Digital Government