Digital Government
Facebook Boom In Users Age 55+
EWeek.com <a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Facebook-Sees-500-Boost-in-Users-Aged-55-and-Older-538731/?kc=rss">reports</a> that social networking Web site Facebook has seen a 500 percent boost in users aged 55 and above during the past six months. This adds to the great amount of <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/06/social_media_use_explodes.php">new evidence</a> that points to a blurring of the generational lines when it comes to Web 2.0 use.
People
What happens when feds, the media and advertisers have dinner?
A recent misstep by the Washington Post could lead to tighter rules for feds attending events with corporate sponsorship.
Modernization
FEMA plans consolidation of IT support contracts
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will consolidate the ways it contracts for systems engineering support and technical assistance.
Digital Government
Hiring Through Social Media
Examiner.com <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-3566-Oklahoma-City-Job-Search-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Build-a-Social-Media-Hiring-Strategy">reports</a> on how hiring managers at small, mid-size and large companies are increasingly using social networking Web sites to research job candidates before making a job offer. But while social media has become a major part of the hiring process, it takes time and effort to make such Web sites truly useful.
Modernization
Military seeks to marry communications, collaboration networks
The lessons of VOIP are helping expand and combine rich communications and collaboration on military networks.
People
Army IT exec weighs in on the service's technology programs, challenges
Gary Winkler, Army program executive officer for enterprise information systems at Fort Belvoir, Va., discussed a number of current initiatives, including the Logistics Modernization Program, in a recent interview.
Cybersecurity
Coast Guard unit to outsource metrics management
The Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center will hire a contractor to implement its Earned Value Management program.
Cybersecurity
Registered Traveler customers file class-action lawsuit
Two law firms have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of customers of a private operator of Registered Traveler services that shut down abruptly in late June.
People
Op-ed: Dispelling the myth of GSA schedule lag times
Vivek Kundra was off the mark when he described long lead times for buying technology through the GSA schedule, writes Larry Allen, president of the Coalition for Government Procurement.
Modernization
Virtualization: Organizations getting better at disaster recovery
A Symantec survey reveals the "rising [disaster recovery] pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service-level requirements to mitigate risk to the business."
Digital Government
This time, White House receives kudos for participation
An advisory council report on health care research released last month by the Health and Human Services Department marks an exception to the White House's closed-door decision-making on how to spend stimulus funds, which critics said run counter to the president's pledge to bring transparency, public participation and collaboration to policymaking.
Digital Government
Nurse files privacy suit against IT sections in stimulus spending law
Lawsuit, which is expected to be the first of many, alleges billions of dollars earmarked for creating electronic health records put personal data 'a mouse-click away from being accessible to an intruder.'
Digital Government