Ideas
Recovery.gov Enhances Downloads
The board overseeing stimulus spending has provided Internet users with a bulk download of all federal contract results, after transparency activists griped that Recovery.gov's data was hard to analyze. The new <a href="http://www.recovery.gov/FAQ/Pages/DLCenter.aspx">data set</a>, labeled "AllNationwideContracts.zip," is a single spreadsheet listing the status, location, funds awarded and jobs created for projects across all 50 states.
Digital Government
Windows 7 review: 'New' OS is just Vista with small changes
Microsoft's Windows 7 has been touted as a new, better-running operating system. But despite the addition of a few handy features, the GCN Lab finds that it looks just like the Vista OS, has a lot of the same annoying quirks as Vista and delivers no difference in performance from Vista.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service plans IT reboot
The Secret Service seeks information from companies as it prepares to modernize its information technology infrastructure.
Modernization
VA offers grave-locator service to mobile devices
The VA has expanded its nationwide grave locator service so the service is available on smart phones.
Digital Government
GreenGov Challenge
The White House on Monday <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Introducing-the-GreenGov-Challenge-A-Bottom-Up-Approach-to-Greening-Government/#TB_inline?height=220&width=370&inlineId=tb_external&linkId=2">announced a new online program that challenges federal and military personnel</a> to submit their own clean energy ideas and suggestions and vote on others. The new GreenGov challenge is running in coordination with National Energy Awareness Month, and any federal employee or military member can submit a clean energy idea from Oct. 19 through Oct. 31.
Cybersecurity
SSA needs more planning for data systems upgrades, GAO says
The SSA is exchanging data more than one billion times a year and needs to do more to prepare for an increasing data exchange caseload, the GAO says.
Digital Government
Indiana fires IBM from $1.3 billion welfare contract
Indiana fires IBM as the prime contractor on a $1.34 billion contract to overhaul the state's welfare system.
Digital Government
Health IT vendor sets up CDC with free flu tracking network
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Information security budgets generally dodge effects of downturn
While more than a third of public sector security chiefs report they curtailed projects this year, they made little progress in deploying systems to monitor network use, survey finds.
Digital Government
Social Security urged to upgrade data systems to meet increased demand
Officials anticipate push for greater real-time downloads of personal information from states and localities.
Digital Government