Cybersecurity
Homeland Security keeps cybersecurity role
The Homeland Security Department's proposed budget for fiscal 2010 and recent public statements show the Obama administration's new cybersecurity strategy isn't cutting out DHS.
Digital Government
GSA: Trouble at the top
The procurement agency has had four top leaders in just 14 months.
Modernization
How to make the most of your COOP investment
Managers are finding new ways to protect their computing resources in an emergency without paying for idle capacity that doesn’t contribute to daily operations.
Cybersecurity
Sensitive information protection remains tough
The government is exploring policy and technology solutions to improve the way it shares sensitive but unclassified terrorism-related information with state, local and industry officials.
Modernization
Polishing the keys to open government
Effective methods of online participation will come from a painstaking trial-and-error process that requires patience from Americans and their government.
People
Can Johnson right the GSA ship?
The General Services Administration needs a leader who can restore it to its former luster – however beige it might have been.
People
Get a Life!: Interview no-no's
If you are hiring for a vacancy or trying to change jobs yourself, avoiding interview no-no's might help, writes blogger Judy Welles.
People
Kundra advocates open source
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra includes open source as one of the key technologies to make government work better and more cheaply, but open-source evangelists still see major roadblocks ahead that will take more than lip service — even if it is from the White House — to overcome.
People
HUD picks Jerry Williams to be CIO
Williams fills the vacancy left by Lisa Schlosser, who left HUD in December to take a job with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Digital Government
Unlike Obama, Senate Likes GPS Backup
The Obama administration came up with a loopy plan to save a grand total of $36 million out of the proposed <em>$3.5 trillion</em> federal budget by <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090317_8821.php>canceling funding</a> for the Coast-Guard-operated terrestrial Long Range Navigation system (Loran). A lot of folks (except the bean counters) view Loran as the only viable backup to the satellite based GPS system used for position, navigation and timing worldwide.
Ideas
No Tweets in Iranian Election
A twitter outage in Iran on Friday reportedly foiled some supporters of a leading reformist candidate in the country's presidential election.
Digital Government
No Generational Divide in Web 2.0
In following up on my Thursday <a href="http://wiredworkplace.nextgov.com/2009/06/army_lifts_web_20_restrictions.php">post</a> on the Army's reversal of a ban on some Web 2.0 applications, I found this <a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=133987">article</a> by Hollis Templeton particularly interesting, as it spotlights a growing understanding across government that harnessing Web 2.0 applications is essential to protecting national security, so long as users of those applications know where to draw the line on what should or should not be divulged.
Digital Government
IT and Inherently Governmental
Jeffrey Zients, the first federal chief performance office and management director-designate, <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090611_9595.php">told</a> the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday that if confirmed, he would support President Obama's call for a clearer definition of inherently governmental work.
Cybersecurity
Hathaway confirms she's a candidate for cyber chief
Melissa Hathaway, who led the Obama administration's 60-day cybersecurity review of cybersecurity policy, said she is among a list of candidates being considered for the White House cybersecurity coordinator position.
Cybersecurity
DHS data center problems addressed in funding bill
The House Appropriations Committee today approved a DHS funding bill that provides very little money for the department's data center consolidation.
Modernization
White House blog highlights public response to open government
White House officials, in a series of blog postings this week, provided a glimpse of how the public suggests the federal government could make government data more accessible — and be more transparent.
Digital Government
Health IT panel to consider 'meaningful use' definition
The Health IT Policy Committee is expected to consider a definition for 'meaningful use' of records on June 16.
Cybersecurity
DHS infrastructure unit hiring 621 more workers
DHS' Philip Reitinger tells a House subcommittee that 'right-sizing' the workforce is his top priority.
Modernization
Joint Forces commander blasts tech planning
Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis is critical of what he calls "wrongheaded thinking" of military planners in recent years who placed too much emphasis on the role of technology in winning wars.
People