Acquisition
GovLoop acquired by GovDelivery
GovLoop, a social networking site specifically for the government community, has been acquired by cloud computing company GovDelivery.
Modernization
Recovery board unveils makeover of stimulus spending Web site
New site, which will track economic stimulus funds, has pictorial representations of spending data, advanced search functions and multimedia tutorials, but no data sets yet.
Digital Government
Web 2.0 review could lead to restricted use of social networking in DoD
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Green your operations through the automation of public records requests!
Read the case study to see how the MoE yielded huge gains & won award for FOI process.
Digital Government
GovDelivery acquires 'Facebook to the Feds' GovLoop
Steve Ressler will leave government to oversee the social networking site he founded in 2008 that has grown to nearly 19,000 members.
Digital Government
Going Googley
ComputerWorld <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138496/feds_eye_workplace_models_of_google_facebook">highlights</a> the Office of Personnel Management's efforts to learn from top technology companies like Google and Facebook on how to recruit and retain a top-notch workforce and create quality health and wellness programs.
Ideas
Rep. Doesn't Catch TSA's Wave
The Transportation Security Administration's full-body scans at some airport security check points have been the subject of some heated discussions, <a href="http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2009/08/imaging-technolgy-bigger-picture.html">even on the TSA Blog</a>.
People
An embarrassment of Recovery Act riches
State and local agencies learn how difficult it is to spend billions of dollars a week in federal stimulus grants.
Acquisition
GAO finds DOD contractors have made progress on ethics
Some Defense Department contractors and DOD itself have made progress with ethics programs, but improvements are still needed, GAO reports.
People
Hurry up and wait
Government is always trying to play catch-up with technology. And Apps.gov's foray into cloud computing is no different.
Digital Government
Stop-gap funding measure allows more time for appropriations negotiations
The legislation has $4.65 billion for the operations of Congress, GAO, the Congressional Budget Office and other federal organizations.
Modernization
What's on Apps.gov
Apps.gov offers a variety of products and services, although the number of contractors on the site is relatively low compared to the overall number of IT contractors on GSA’s Schedule 70.
Modernization