People
Dangerous liaisons: When agencies and contractors get too close
Are ethical breaches a common occurrence in government-industry partnerships? Some readers say that is definitely the case.
Digital Government
Can Technology Fill Staffing Gap?
I <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/08/craig_newmark_on_gov_20_federal_it_workers.php">spoke</a> with Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org, a bit last week about innovative Web 2.0 projects in the federal government and what projects have potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the workforce.
People
Doctors need reasons to join health exchanges: HHS official
A senior HHS official says doctors need to get a positive return on investment from health data exchange.
Cybersecurity
IG: Energy needs more protection for some data
The Energy Department's inspector general says more action is needed to protect the department's electronic information that is unclassified, but sensitive.
Modernization
Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word
Court rules that Microsoft stop selling flagship Word as a result of a patent dispute with Canadian company i4i.
Digital Government
Diebold quietly patches security flaw in vote counting software
Wired: Threat Level
Cybersecurity
Agencies struggling over control of cybersecurity overblown, says DHS
Executives contend the much more pressing issue is the difficulty in attracting cyber workers, characterizing the effort as "a beast of a problem."
Digital Government
Social Security e-health records requirements draw fire
Critics say Recovery Act contracts to automate the agency's medical disability program and cut wait times for medical records to determine disability claims could slow innovation.
Cybersecurity
Who wants to be the poster child for the next cyber disaster?
I had this whole blog post about cyber security ready and then everyone quit. I kept asking why no one wanted this job and the answer I kept hearing is this is the job with a target on one’s back. No matter how good one is or what one does, someone one, somewhere, will hack into a network. The cyber czar will be the poster child for the latest cyber disaster.
Cybersecurity
Virtual FOSE: Metrics, comparisons recommended for winning IT security support
Alan Paller, the director of research at the SANS Institute, recommends that IT security professionals without budget authority use reliable metrics, numbers and comparisons to win support from executives.
Digital Government
Butler Tapped for Cyber/Space Policy Slot
The Defense Department appointed Robert Butler, who previously ran Computer Science Corp's military intelligence biz in San Antonio, Texas, as the new deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber and space policy.
Ideas