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
Complexity of Networx offerings causes delays
Agencies are unexpectedly splitting requirements into different categories, resulting in multiple competitions.
Digital Government
E-health committee calls for multiple groups to certify records systems
Decision would remove conflict of interest that critics charge is endemic in the certification process.
Digital Government
Firm awaits decision on whether Defense will disclose contractor ratings
The FOIA Group hopes the Obama administration's commitment to transparency will be enough for it to overturn past decisions to not release contractors' performance scores.
Digital Government
The Final Four for VHA Job
I have some pretty good intel that the Veterans Affairs Department has narrowed its search for new undersecretary of health and head of the Veterans Health Administration to these four candidates:
Ideas
Stimulus Reporting Process Starts
Stimulus money recipients can start on Monday the process of reporting their spending and job creation statistics to the public.
Cybersecurity
DHS plans cybersecurity wiki
The Homeland Security Department plans a new wiki that federal cybersecurity centers would use to coordinate efforts and improve situational awareness.
People
University of Maryland confirms Kundra's credentials after questions raised
University of Maryland officials affirm Kundra earned degrees there, after a tech blogger challenges the federal CIO's bio.
Cybersecurity