Cybersecurity
DHS authorized to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity specialists
The department doesn't expect to hire that many, but the authorization will streamline recruitment efforts, said a department official.
Modernization
National Guard sends IT equipment to support tsunami relief in Samoa
Three cargo planes deliver a voice, data, video and radio system, a deployable cell-phone network, laptops, and a system to link incompatible radios.
Digital Government
Hill demands FEMA quickly upgrade aging public warning system
A lack of goals and deadlines have delayed development of a new network that will provide emergency alerts via the Web and cell phones.
Digital Government
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Digital Government
Feds offer White House plenty of ideas on budget-cutting
The Save.Gov Web site launched by the White House soliciting ideas on how to cut spending in the 2011 budget has drawn more than 10,000 suggestions in its first week.
Digital Government
GI Bill Payments Offered Online
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki <a href=http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1790>announced</a> that starting on Friday veterans who have not yet received their GI bill payments for school tuition and housing will be able to apply online off the <a href=http://www.va.gov/>VA's Web site</a>, which also has further details on the emergency payment program.
Ideas
Emergency Alert System Not Wired
President Obama on Wednesday declared American Samoa a major disaster after the territory was struck by an earthquake and tsunami. But if the president wanted to spread that message nationwide, today, it wouldn't get very far.
Digital Government
The Social Networking Draft Directive
As I <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090929_3750.php?oref=topstory>reported yesterday</a>, a draft of a new Defense Department social network policy that made its way to the Whats HQ in Las Vegas, N.M., will allow troops to Twitter away on Defense networks almost unfettered as long as they follow a few simple rules.
People
What kind of OFPP leader would Gordon be? Look at his track record
Judging by his history, GAO's Daniel Gordon will bring to the OFPP post a wealth of legal and procurement experience, as well as a reputation for candor and evenhandedness.
Digital Government
Online collection helps people remember, research Holocaust
Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related records are now searchable online through a National Archives and Records Administration project.
Modernization
Sentiment analysis monitors public opinion from behind the scenes
A process known as sentiment analysis discerns essential truths embedded in blog posts, Facebook pages, Twitter tweets and the like.
Digital Government
Retirement Projections
I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/09/opm_no_longer_projecting_retirements.php">linked</a> to a story on FederalNewsRadio.com yesterday that said the Office of Personnel Management would no longer project the retirements of federal employees. The story was <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1774051">clarified</a> on Tuesday to say that OPM will continue to make retirement projections that forecast the potential number of retirees who are eligible for retirement and actually leave federal service each year.
People