Digital Government
DOD maps out infrastructure to support network-centric force
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Telework expansion could save money and diversify hiring pool
Personnel, technology chiefs say IT shortcomings shouldn't hold back agencies from promoting the practice.
Cybersecurity
NIST releases more development standards for smart electric grid
Requirements focus on cybersecurity and interoperability issues to improve technical capabilities, energy management and data exchange.
Digital Government
OMB needs to ensure more accountability for stimulus spending
Federal auditors question the reliability of impending stimulus reports because neither OMB nor agencies of Recovery Act funds are responsible for assuring the data is accurate.
Digital Government
First draft of a framework for building a Smart Grid unveiled
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke unveils the first draft of a framework identifying existing standards for Smart Grid interoperability, laying out steps needed to address the gaps in these standards. The framework is the first step of a three-phase plan by NIST to develop Smart Grid standards.
Digital Government
Congressman uses social media to collect health care reform feedback
Republican Rep. John Culberson of Texas is using technology from SharedBook to invite his constituents to participate in, comment on and debate a pending health care bill in the House of Representatives.
Digital Government
A Paging System In a Library?
Remember when libraries were cathedrals of quiet, a bygone era when even a whispered conversation resulted in a stern look from a no-nonsense librarian?
Digital Government
Panel Passes Cyber Workforce Reform
The House Science and Technology's Research and Science Education Subcommittee passed <a href="http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?newsid=2602">legislation</a> on Wednesday that would strengthen the federal cybersecurity research and development portfolio by improving training for the IT workforce and facilitating better partnerships between the private sector and government. The bill would require federal agencies to create a roadmap detailing its role and the level of funding required to fulfill research objectives, and would require the National Science Foundation to support research on the social and behavioral aspects of cybersecurity.
Digital Government
Tech Industry Jobs Drop 2 Percent
While the U.S. high-tech industry shed 115,000 jobs between January and June 2009, a 1.9 percent decline, it still faired better than the overall private sector, according to a <a href="http://www.techamerica.org/Docs/fileManager.cfm?f=techamerica_cs_midyear_employment2009.pdf">report</a> released on Wednesday by the TechAmerica Foundation.
Digital Government
Students and Digital Diplomacy
The State Department has launched a new program that leverages the Internet and social media to conduct diplomatic missions. The program, called Virtual Student Foreign Service, is part of State's efforts to use technology and a commitment to service among young people to facilitate new forms of diplomatic engagement, according to the agency's <a href="http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entries/virtual_student_foreign_service1/">Dipnote blog</a>.
Ideas
Crowdsourcing Contractor Misconduct
The Sunlight Foundation has a <a href="http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/09/22/crowdsourcing-a-legislative-oops/">post</a> today that combines several of our favorite topics: crowdsourcing, collaboration and contractor misconduct (try saying that five times fast):
Ideas