Ideas
U.S., Mexico Sign Telecomm Agreement
Public safety and law enforcement organizations in Mexico and the U.S. will soon be able to communicate across the border. The departments of Homeland Security and State announced Wednesday that senior officials on the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Consultative Commission on Telecommunications signed a bilateral telecommunications agreement to support a cross border communications network that will provide cross-border voice, data and video channels to strengthen border security and incident response.
Ideas
School Districts Face Unsecure Networks
The Homeland Security Department has talked a lot about testing network security in federal government and critical infrastructure markets, but one network administrator warns about vulnerabilities in K-12 school districts. In an email to Nextgov, he had the following to say about his own experience:
Cybersecurity
Groups ask court to delay E-Verify despite ruling
The organizations trying to stop the E-Verify rule from covering federal contractors have filed for an injunction to delay enforcement from beginning Sept. 8.
Modernization
Administration wants help archiving its Facebook, Twitter content
The Executive Office of the President wants to hire a company to crawl and archive Web sites that have content covered by the Presidential Records Act.
People
VA says it has new system to prevent IT mismanagement
In response to criticism from its inspector general's office, the department said it has set up a new oversight system to improve its IT management.
Cybersecurity
Who is sending mysterious laptops to governors?
The FBI is investigating unsolicited laptop computers sent to several governors’ offices.
People
5 decisions that will determine the fate of e-health records
The road ahead is still bumpy for EHRs, but experts say success hinges on the outcomes of five major decisions.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley's Recruitment Model
Wired's Epicenter blog <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/what-the-obama-administration-is-learning-from-facebook-google-and-ideo/">highlights</a> a recent trip Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry made to Silicon Valley. The goal of the trip was to learn from companies like Facebook, Google and design firm Ideo about how to attract young, tech-savvy employees to the federal workforce.
People
5 reasons why DOD should embrace social media (and 5 reasons why not)
We asked some experts to present the arguments on both sides of the debate over the use of social media at DOD.
Modernization
Top 5 FCW stories
We like to think everything we publish is interesting and useful to our readers, but some stories are undeniably hot.
Modernization
Top 5 ways to think about Gov 2.0
When considering modern communications, social networking and emerging technology, government has many different connotations, such as process, provider, partner, product and protector.
Digital Government
Senator's hold on GSA confirmation hobbles Networx transition
Transition to Networx slowed further because Sen. Kit Bond won't let Martha Johnson's confirmation come up for a vote.
Cybersecurity
IG: FEMA needs centralized IT for disaster relief
FEMA needs to centralize how it buys goods and services for dealing with disasters into an integrated information technology system, a report recommends.
Digital Government