Modernization
Disabilities information Web site gets Web 2.0 upgrade
Labor Department adds social media tools including Twitter and RSS feeds to Disability.gov Web site.
Digital Government
Advocacy groups, individuals get into the government data game
Government Computer News
Cybersecurity
Consortium sponsors competitions to develop cybersecurity workforce
Group aims to identify 10,000 highly skilled computer security high school and college students to fill the demand for cyber workers in federal agencies.
Digital Government
GAO: Weaknesses threaten Electronic Records Archive program
Audit shows NARA lacks a detailed strategy for fiscal 2009 expenditures and a backup plan for a system failure.
Digital Government
House pushes Defense to change comm network in Afghanistan
Committee withholds $20 million from budget to push DISA to move from satellite-based to fiber-optic network.
People
Get a Life!: Got a childish boss?
Blogger Judy Welles looks at a new book compares dealing with toddlers to handling troublesome bosses.
Digital Government
New Group Publisher at 1105 GIG
I’m really pleased to announce the addition of a key partner at 1105 GIG. Jennifer Weiss, currently Vice President and Group Publisher at SourceMedia’s Investment Advisor Group, will join our team as VP and Group Publisher of the print and online properties in August.
Ideas
Asking About Cookies
Bev Godwin, director of online resources and interagency development for the White House new media team, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Cookies-Anyone-the-http-kind/">asked</a> the public on Friday to weigh in on the decade-old federal policy that does not allow agencies to use persistent cookies on their Web sites.
Digital Government
NASA's Job Numbers
NASA is holding off on providing updated projections on the number of jobs that may be lost within its highly technical workforce as it retires the space shuttle and transitions to its new moon program. The third edition of the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/372110main_7-21-09%20Workforce%20Transition%20Strategy%203rd%20Edition.pdf">NASA Space Shuttle Workforce Transition Strategy report</a>, released on Wednesday, provides workforce estimates only through fiscal 2010, while the shuttle will still be flying.
People
Talking ourselves to death
FCW cartoonist John Klossner ponders how many useful suggestions it takes to make the Open Government Dialogue a success?
Modernization
Army Research selects NetBase intelligent search platform
The Army Research Lab (ARL) has selected advanced search technology from Netbase to better equip researchers to address warfighters’ requests for new technology, tools and gear.
Modernization