Digital Government
IRS pays millions in interest for delays in processing high-dollar refunds
Inspector general finds the agency has been slow in following recommendations that could reduce the $63 million in interest paid on refunds that exceed $10 million each.
Digital Government
Agencies should plan now to enable IPv6 on public-facing servers
Government Computer News
Cybersecurity
Telework increasing steadily but slowly, OPM says
Participation rate has yet to reach 10 percent, according to a new report.
Digital Government
Politicians' tweets are mostly self-promotional, researchers say
The Washington Post
Modernization
White House to bestow top tech honors to IT company and inventors
IBM and Adobe founders to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation at White House ceremony.
Cybersecurity
Senate amendment takes aim at Obama's 'czars'
Republicans escalate their criticism of the president's plans to appoint more than 30 so-called policy coordinators, which includes a yet-to-be-named cybersecurity czar.
Ideas
Rejected Recovery.gov FOIA Appealed
A watchdog group is contesting the government's denial of a request filed under the Freedom of Information Act to see the entire contents of the controversial, potential $18 million contract for the redesign of Recovery.gov.
Digital Government
Meyerriecks Intel Acquisition Director
Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, <a href=http://www.dni.gov/press_releases/20090917_release.pdf>announced</a> on Thursday that he selected Dawn Meyerriecks, a former AOL executive and former chief technology officer at the Defense Information Systems Agency, as the new deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology.
Digital Government
Ft. Huachuca Does It Manually
Most technologically advanced organizations monitor and log traffic on network servers automatically. That's not the case at the Army's <a href=http://www.huachuca.army.mil/site/Visitor/index.asp>Fort Huachuca</a> in Arizona.
Cybersecurity
DOD opens some classified information to non-federal officials
Some officials working at state and local intelligence fusion centers will have limited access to data on the Defense Department's classified network.
Digital Government
DHS Launches Web-Based HR Tool
The Homeland Security Department has launched a new IT platform that simplifies and accelerates its recruiting and hiring activities. The agency touts the tool, called TalentLink, as a means to help subcomponent agencies reduce their time to hire, improve the quality of candidate referrals and better manage and onboard new staff. The tool also uses electronic routing and approvals, automates the rating and ranking process and standardizes vacancy announcements using plain language.
Modernization