Digital Government
Unions critical of decision to overhaul DOD personnel system
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Agencies should institute tougher policies on storing sensitive info
Security officials say the policies could reduce the No. 1 cause of data loss: stolen laptops and storage devices.
Digital Government
GAO: Technology can help secure Southwest border
Resources are distributed unevenly among checkpoints and some lower priority crossings have outdated equipment, watchdog agency finds.
Digital Government
Varied questions drawn from troops in virtual town hall meetings
While the president received questions dealing with wartime strategy, Gates dealt with nitty-gritty Defense issues and Mullen fielded more politically tinged comments.
Digital Government
Stimulus watchdog site exempted from paperwork rules
Recovery Act board cuts through the red tape of reduction act to collect stimulus reports on time.
Digital Government
NATO Wants to Go Virtual
<a href=http://www.act.nato.int/>Allied Command Transformation</a>, which does the change thing for NATO, has a <a href=https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=45e9ec68b6f188da12279571ab64ee79&_cview=0>request for proposals</a> on the street to build a virtual headquarters to run operations in Asia.
Ideas
Is Gmail Ready for Government?
In case you've been out of pocket this afternoon (or don't have <a href="http://twitter.com/Nextgov">Twitter</a>), Google's popular free email service <a href="http://mail.google.com">Gmail</a> <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137384/Gmail_hit_by_widespread_outage">has been down</a> for much of the afternoon. While it's fun to debate whether the outage (and the absence of the ubiquitous Gchat) has increased or decreased productivity for office workers across the country, the outage brings up a salient point about cloud computing and the wisdom of having the government rely on consumer technology.
Digital Government
Joint Forces Command to test new network encryption
Unisys's Stealth technology is intended to allow separate secure virtual communities to coexist on a single network.
Ideas
Internet Turns 40
Robert Charette, a risk management consultant and a contributor to Tech Insider and <em>Government Executive</em> magazine, <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/computing/it/riskfactor/internet-turns-40-">noted</a> on his Risk Factor blog that Sept. 2, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the "official" creation of the Internet, or its predecessor, <a href="http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/">ARPANET</a>.
Cybersecurity
Court: Federal contractors covered by E-Verify rule
A judge upheld the Homeland Security Department's E-Verify electronic employment verification rule for federal contractors starting Sept. 8.
Digital Government
Obama Stands Firm on Pay Raise
Alyssa Rosenberg <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43512&dcn=todaysnews">writes</a> at <em>Government Executive</em> that President Obama will use his authority to set a 2 percent pay raise for federal employees in 2010, citing the economic crisis and the ballooning federal budget.
Digital Government
Electronic cargo tracking ready for early 2010
The CBP is helping importers prepare for full enforcement of a rule that will require electronic data submissions for cargoes starting in January.
Cybersecurity
Experts debate expansion of president’s cybersecurity powers
Existing laws already give the president broad discretion on how to respond to cyberattacks, despite language in a Senate bill that proposes giving the president specific powers during such events, expert says.
Modernization
A few creative options for working without Word
If a deal isn't reached in the Microsoft Word patent infrigement case, what are the alternatives?
People