Digital Government
Agencies frustrated with unclear guidance on reducing external network connections
Technology leaders blame poor communication among OMB and other departments for haphazard efforts to comply with Trusted Internet Connections initiative.
Digital Government
DHS and industry group release plan for evaluating IT risk
The assessment gauges threats posed by the primary functions of the tech sector to provide products and services.
Modernization
Cartwright highlights coalition capabilities
IT is necessary to defeat an enemy constantly on the move, Marine general says.
Ideas
Apps for America 2 Finalists Announced
This week the Sunlight Foundation announced the finalists in its <a href="http://sunlightlabs.com/blog/2009/08/24/apps-america-finalists/">Apps for America 2</a> contest, which challenged the public to come up with innovative applications using the data feeds from the recently launched <a href="http://www.data.gov">Data.gov</a>. Sunlight Labs received 47 entries since the contest <a href="http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/05/fbi_fugitive_concentration.php">launched in May</a> and has narrowed the field down to three finalists:
Digital Government
DISA Director As Cyber Deputy?
I'm picking up medium strength signals that the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency - currently Army Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett - will serve as the deputy director of the <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090624_6400.php>new U.S. Cyber Command,</a> which goes into business on Oct. 1.
Digital Government
Competing for IT Skills
The new Employment Dynamics and Growth Expectations report <a href="http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-25-2009/0005082376&EDATE=">shows</a> that the demand for technology skills will increase significantly over the next 12 months, as companies look to restore positions affected by layoffs or hiring freezes and the pace of hiring begins to accelerate. The report, which is based on an annual survey of more than 500 hiring managers and 500 workers by staffing firm Robert Half International and CareerBuilder, shows that information technology, customer service and sales jobs will be the first to be filled as the economy improves.
Digital Government
Twitter's Popularity
<em>The New York Times</em> has an interesting <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html?_r=1">piece</a> on the explosion of Twitter's popularity being attributed not to teenagers, but rather older generations.
Cybersecurity
DHS, industry assess risks to IT sector
Government and private-sector experts identify risks to the country's information technology sector's key functions.
Modernization