Digital Government
Filippi to Run Data Exchange?
I've picked up low to medium strength signals that <a href=http://wid.ndia.org/PDF/9WI3_Filippi_Debra_OSD_BIO.pdf>Debra Filippi</a>, the Defense Department's information sharing executive, has emerged as a likely candidate to run the joint interagency program office in charge of sharing information -- including <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/09/interoperability_deadline_looms.php>electronic health information</a> -- between the Defense and the Veterans Affairs Department.
Digital Government
Health Premiums to Rise 7.4%
Federal health premiums will rise by an average of 7.4 percent in 2010, according to the Office of Personnel Management. The average increase includes the government's share and employee's share of the overall premium.
People
Retooled Recovery.gov site praised, panned
The upgraded version of the Recovery.gov Web site for tracking spending under the economic stimulus law impresses some visitors, but doesn't others.
Digital Government
NASA to update schedule for coming IT acquisitions
NASA soon will release a new schedule for opening competition on five information technology services contracts estimated to be worth a total of more than $4 billion.
Digital Government
OPM Stops Projecting Retirements
FederalNewsRadio.com <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=1773193">reports</a> that the Office of Personnel Management will no longer project the retirements of federal employees, largely because previous predictions have not held up.
Modernization
When custom software was king
Custom technology used to be the only option for government agencies, but now commercial products address most needs, experts say.
People
Progress still slow on electronic health record adoption
The use of electronic health records is being held back by a debate over patients' rights, industry officials said today.
People
GAO lawyer to be Obama's pick for top procurement office
The White House has settled on the acting general counsel at the Government Accountability Office to run the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Digital Government
Online collection helps people remember Holocaust
Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related records are now searchable online through a project.
Digital Government
Defense to allow troops, family members to use social network sites
Soon-to-be-released memo lifts bans on the use of Facebook, Twitter and other sites, saying the tools provide an information advantage for the military and its allies.
Modernization
USA.gov's successful shift to cloud computing could become the model
GSA is looking to expand vendor-hosting approach to other government Web sites, study says.
Digital Government