Digital Government
GSA issues presolicitation to overhaul Recovery.gov
A request for proposals could be released by Monday, with work scheduled for completion by October, when agencies must begin submitting their first spending reports.
Digital Government
NIST releases guidance to unify Defense, civilian security controls
Analysis showed most DoD, intelligence and civilian agencies' security controls were similar, making it possible to build a common governmentwide approach.
Ideas
Has Hathaway's Star Fallen?
A lot of names are being floated around as possible picks for the position of cyber czar, and interestingly enough, none seem to be Melissa Hathaway.
Digital Government
A Real Hooah Airman
Although "hooah" is an Army term not used by the Air Force, in the case of Tech. Sgt. Darrell DeMotta, an Air Force Joint Terminal Attack Controller I had the pleasure to meet this week at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M., the term definitely applies.
Digital Government
More Lifting of Web 2.0 Prohibitions?
Fellow Nextgov blogger Guatham Nagesh posted an <a href="http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/06/army_to_stop_blocking_some_soc.php">item</a> on Wednesday about Wired's <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/army-orders-bases-stop-blocking-twitter-facebook-flickr/">report</a> that the Army ordered its bases to lift barriers on social media Web sites such as Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. The question is, will other military branches and federal agencies follow suit?
Digital Government
Hire Calling
In talking with Norm Lorentz, director in the global public sector practice at Grant Thornton and former chief technology officer at the Office of Management and Budget, on Friday about the challenges and roadblocks to recruiting and retaining top notch IT workers to the federal government, there was one overarching theme: the federal hiring process.
Ideas
Recovery RFQ Only for Alliant Vendors
As my colleague Robert Brodsky <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090602_5138.php?oref=search">reported last week</a>, the Recovery Board <a href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1b3ec144c7c80e70622d6600cf519697&tab=core&_cview=0">issued an RFQ this morning</a> for the redesign of the <a href="http://www.recovery.gov">Recovery.gov</a> Web site.
Modernization
Army gives soldiers access to Twitter, Facebook
A recent Army order directs network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
People