Cybersecurity
House members to TSA: Don't destroy Registered Traveler data
Two senior House members hit TSA for plans to delete personal data collected by the Registered Traveler program vendor that shut down.
People
HHS to industry: Help assess health IT networks
HHS has asked industry to help conduct a nationwide analysis of health information exchange infrastructures.
Digital Government
Administration defends security of health IT
Government officials and federal advisory panel work to update privacy rules for the electronic age.
Digital Government
Obama's e-health agenda receives cash infusion
Administration officials this past week have publicly tied the benefits of health IT to the president's larger, more controversial health care reform effort.
Ideas
Classification Comments from Public?
A coalition of public interest groups has yet to hear from the national security adviser about its request that he allow public comment on a review of classification policy before delivering it to the president next week.
Modernization
Friend of Barack
Michael Robertson is taking his skills - and his political connections - to GSA, where he was recently installed in three key positions: Associate director of governmentwide policy, chief acquisition officer and White House liaison.
Modernization
Microsoft ruling fires up the haters
Nothing brings out the animosity against an industry titan like a hint of vulnerability.
People
Be a hero, not a victim
A new book encourages employees to respond to adversity with creativity, not self-pity.
Modernization
Microsoft formally appeals Word patent ruling
Microsoft has formally appealed a judgment issued last week that would require the company to stop selling Microsoft Word within the United States.
People
VA IG finds abuse of authority and ethical breaches in IT office
The Veterans Affairs' inspector general has found that people engaged in ethical violations while working for VA's information technology office.
Digital Government
Brit Praises DoD Guidance Forum
Roy Wulff, Chief Information Officer for the British Defence staff at the British Embassy in Washington gave the Pentagon a "well done" for its use of a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090810_5115.php>blog</a> to develop policy within the U.S. Defense Department.
Digital Government