Digital Government
Trust, but verify, Web 2.0 sources
Government agencies face a challenge in evaluating the veracity of information posted from the public on Twitter and Facebook quickly enough to use it.
Modernization
Creative destruction at work
Netbook computers can tell you a lot about where information technology is headed in the not-too-distant future. The days of big system, multiyear efforts to design and build new government IT applications are largely behind us.
Modernization
Kundra: System will give agencies easier access to new technology
A new storefront is designed to let federal agencies buy technology in real time.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity: Senate bill would make international cooperation a priority
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Revised audit guidelines released for assessing computer data reliability
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Hill worries PASS ID bill would weaken security of driver's licenses
Legislation would provide states more flexibility than the controversial REAL ID law by allowing state's to create processes to check personal documents.
Cybersecurity
GSA to launch online storefront for cloud computing services
Site will be modeled after commercial online businesses such as Amazon.com to speed IT purchases, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.
Digital Government
State medical records laws complicate White House plans
Healthcare providers spend billions of dollars to maintain and store paper records.
People
Get a Life: Good news
Even in hard times, there are flashes of good news from government and business, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Cybersecurity
GSA SmartBuy contracts awarded
Program will make cybersecurity software available to agencies.
Modernization
DOD: Can virtualization make security more manageable?
Virtualization technology may be used to deal with the Defense Department's network security problems.
Digital Government
First responders use Twitter and Facebook to update communities
Government Technology
Digital Government
Agencies Demand IT Workers
USAJobs has compiled a <a href="http://www.usajobs.gov/infocenter/topOccupations.asp">list</a> of the 50 most in-demand jobs at federal agencies over the past four weeks, and it should come as no surprise that information technology positions were some of the most popular.
Digital Government
VA's Flexibility Over GI Bill Choices
This month I cautioned veterans to <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/07/vets_choose_your_gi_bill_caref.php>carefully weigh benefits</a> available under the new <a href=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h2642enr.txt.pdf>post 9/11 GI bill</a> and the older <a href=http://www.mygibill.org/federalbenefits/montgomerygibill>Montgomery GI bill</a>, even though the package of benefits under the new bill, in most cases, provides a better financial deal than the old one.
Ideas