People
Kundra helps in search for procurement policy leader
Vivek Kundra said the OFPP administrator should understand the overall challenges in government procurement and be able to speed up the acquisition of rapidly changing technologies.
Digital Government
Disability.gov 2.0
Marking the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Labor Department has revamped <a href="http://www.disability.gov/">Disability.gov</a> to include social media tools and encourage interaction and feedback. The new Web site allows visitors to sign up for personalized news and updates, participate in online discussions and suggest resources for the site. It also includes a Twitter feed, RSS feeds, a blog, social bookmarking and a user-friendly platform to obtain answers to questions on such topics as finding employment and job accommodations.
Modernization
DHS to save $87 million with license consolidation
DHS announced a fourth round of cost-saving measures, including replacing thousands of software licenses with a single departmentwide license.
Cybersecurity
New chief to update policies for Coast Guard's acquisition directorate
The new head of the Coast Guard acquisitions unit said he wants to make permanent the relationships between the new unit and the Homeland Security and Defense departments.
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