Digital Government
New command at tip of DoD cyber spear, Lt. Gen. Alexander says
Federal News Radio
Digital Government
Governmentwide contracts program will remain intact
GSA official says he was making a long-term projection when he told conference participants the agency would merge GWACs with its schedules program.
Modernization
Microsoft: Legacy systems not a barrier to cloud computing
In a bid to remain a player in the burgeoning cloud market, the company is developing interoperable software that will exchange data among multiple systems.
Digital Government
House panel rejects funding for integrated case system at Justice
Program was plagued by delays and cost overruns, IG and lawmakers say.
Ideas
Checking Citizenship Online
During his remarks this afternoon following a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss immigration, President Obama announced a new initiative that will allow applicants for U.S. citizenship to check their application status online:
Digital Government
CTO Levin to Do VA's Tech Vision Thing
The Veterans Affairs Department has hired <a href=http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181502820>Peter Levin</a>, a White House fellow in the Clinton administration, as its new chief technology officer in the office of the secretary and senior advisor to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, Press Secretary Katie Roberts told me.
Digital Government
Ondra Not a candidate for VA Post
On Monday I <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/06/gulf_war_vet_edges_closer_to_t.php>suggested</a> that Dr. Stephen Ondra, an Army Gulf War vet who is a professor of neurological surgery at the <a href="http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/">Feinberg School of Medicine</a> at Northwestern University in Chicago, had the inside track for appointment as under secretary for health at the Veterans Health Administration.
Digital Government
Productivity Boost
A new <a href="http://www.kellyservices.com/web/global/services/en/pages/kelly_global_workforce_index.html">survey</a> by Kelly Services reports that use of mobile communications technologies such as smartphones and laptops are driving positive changes in employee behavior and a shift in work-life balance.
Modernization
NASCIO joins open government effort
The state CIO organization will work with federal agencies to promote the development of data standards for state governments.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Command: Observers worry about unintended consequences
The size and importance of DOD’s military operations have caused some observers to wonder about how big an effect the Cyber Command might have outside its own domain.
People
GSA contract move mirrors market needs, experts say
GSA official says many GWACs won't be renewed as GSA markets its Alliant and Alliant Small Business contracts.
Cybersecurity