Digital Government
No easy solutions for federal IT, VA's CIO says
A legacy infrastructure will delay government's adoption of Web 2.0 technologies and make it harder to secure federal networks, says Roger Baker.
Modernization
Poetry, radio and Web 2.0 tools part of the battle in Afghanistan
New strategy is aimed at countering insurgents' threatening messages to win over the local population, says communications director for U.S. Forces.
Digital Government
Web site offers glimpse of how IT projects are performing
Dashboard shows whether initiatives are running on schedule and within budget.
Ideas
Web Managers Drowning in Data
Our colleagues at the Tech Daily Dose blog report that Sheila Campbell, manager for government Web best practices and co-chairwoman of the Federal Web Managers Council in the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services, pegs the number of federal Web sites at about 24,000, the same number that's been used for years, although some have said it's higher than 25,000.
Digital Government
Cost of Selling 'Net Monitoring to Iran
In the case of Siemens Medical, the answer comes out to at least $267 million, the value of the <a href=http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3995>three-year contract</a> the Defense Department awarded the company in March for radiology systems.
Digital Government
Latest to the Greatest
I tuned in on Tuesday to the intergenerational workshop headlined by Energy Department researchers Sean Clayton and Jeffrey Vargas. (Alyssa Rosenberg and I highlighted their work in the July 2008 <a href="http://www.govexec.com/features/0708-01/0708-01s1.htm">cover story</a> of <em>Government Executive</em>). The researchers noted that by 2013, members of Generation Y (aged 18-29) will represent 40 percent of the nation's workforce. As the government moves toward this shift, they said, younger workers should capitalize on their technological expertise. "Technology is your entry card," Vargas said. "It's the way you're going to get managers to listen to you and welcome you as part of the team."
Cybersecurity
Verified Identity Pass shuts down Registered Traveler lanes
Transportation Security Administration declines to comment on closure.
Modernization
Administration seeks input on declassification
As part of the White House’s open government initiative, officials ask public to comment on declassification policies.
Cybersecurity
Improved FISMA scores don't add up to better security, auditor says
The government could improve the way it measures the security of agencies' information technology programs, a senior GAO official told Congress.
People
Health IT coordinator to harmonize record standards, network
The National Coordinator for Health IT plans to resolve differences between electronic patient records and the National Health Information Network data exchange system.
Acquisition