Digital Government
Lawmaker to introduce bill to require biometric verification of workers
Sen. Charles Schumer says the E-Verify system is easily fooled and must include a requirement to check job applicants' fingerprints or photos.
People
Who's on First?
Key IT and acquisition jobs remain unfilled in the Obama administration and even the rumormill is strangely quiet.
Digital Government
VistA iPhone Apps
That's the approach Veterans Affairs Department Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told me he plans go take in fixing the problem information technology projects <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/07/va_gets_real_suspends_45_it_pr.php>halted</a> by VA Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday.
Cybersecurity
Emergency IT authority for FERC gains support
Support is growing for proposals to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission additional authority to act during an emergency involving a cyberattack on the country's electric power system.
Digital Government
Pay Reform for Federal IT
My former beat partner Alyssa Rosenberg has a couple of great stories on <a href="http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43207&dcn=todaysnews">civil service reform</a> from Monday's Excellence in Government conference sponsored by <em>Government Executive</em>. In a speech, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry called for a comprehensive overhaul of the federal civil service, from recruitment and hiring to pay and training.
Digital Government
Structuring Your Résumé
CIO.com <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/497696/Structure_Your_Resume_for_Success">discusses</a> three approaches to structuring your resume so that it's better targeted for the technology job you're applying for.
Modernization
Kundra requests inventory of latest knowledge management apps
The Obama administration is partnering with the Knowledge Management Working Group to conduct a survey of the latest knowledgement management applications agencies are using.
People
Emerging plans could make government a model workplace
Plans for making government a model workplace are starting to appear on the work life front.
Modernization
Chopra: Public leads government in using IT
Federal agencies need to follow the lead of the public in using technology to collaborate and communicate, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra says.
Digital Government
Health IT panel recommends 31 IT measures
A workgroup of the Health IT Standards Committee has recommended 31 performance measures for electronic health records.
Cybersecurity
HUD, FEMA data sharing finds waste
An inspector general finds computer checks by FEMA and HUD that uncovered duplications in federal rental payments.
Cybersecurity