Digital Government
Wait, Only 57,000 Vet Claims Pending
In response to <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090813_9181.php?oref=topstory>my story</a> on Thursday that the Veterans Affairs Department has a <a href=http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/mmwr/2009/081009.xls>backlog of 191,338</a> unprocessed educational benefits claims, VA sent along some background information in an attempt to clarify the situation.
Modernization
Federal future cloudy for Microsoft Word
Agencies are wondering how a court's ruling banning Microsoft from selling Word will affect their procurement plans.
Modernization
Army Microsoft moratorium nears its end
The moratorium on buying Microsoft software was established while officials negotiated a new enterprise licensing agreement.
Modernization
Former EPA official wants to bring new IT to government
In her new role at CGI Federal, Molly O’Neill plans to draw on her past experience with issues such as data sharing and Web 2.0.
Modernization
Government wants contractors to register soon at stimulus-tracking site
The board tracking the economic stimulus law spending is urging contractors, state and local agencies and non-profits to register early on its new FederalReporting.gov Web site.
Digital Government
Social Media for Résumé-Building
Dan Schawbel <a href="http://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/10-great-new-social-websites">advises</a> on Mashable.com of the 10 best social media Web sites for résumé building. The Web sites allow users to create their own résumé-like profiles, edit résumés online, have experts review them, print them, share them on social networks, etc.
Digital Government
The ties that bind
The 2009 Rising Stars share certain characteristics: initiative, creativity, entrepreneurial drive and, of course, unlimited imagination.
Cybersecurity
Passenger screening program to collect more data
U.S. airlines will begin collecting passengers' dates of birth and gender when they make reservations under the Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight program.
Modernization
Schliesske lured by 'cool stuff'
After seeing the 'cool stuff' his twin brother and father were doing in the Army, Harold Schliesske left the private sector for government leadership — and he hasn’t looked back.
Digital Government
Health IT panel endorses preliminary certification procedure
A federal advisory committee today endorsed the idea of setting up a new temporary procedure for certifying electronic health records.
Ideas
Birthers and Transparency
Programmers may extract data from a White House-led online discussion about transparency to analyze the influence of participants who are out to prove that President Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen.
Acquisition
GSA launches new mentor program for small businesses
GSA expects the mentoring program to increase the number of small businesses getting its contracts and subcontracts.
People
To cover the Kundra résumé issue or not to cover, that is the question
There has been a great deal of buzz about the new media, especially from this administration. As a result, we have a whole new class of journalists -- the bloggers who believe if they publish and it is incorrect, some one will correct it -- the Wikipedia approach to news.
Digital Government