Digital Government

The 2009 Rising Star award winners announced

This year's 28 winners reflect the breadth and depth of young talent in the federal information technology community.

Modernization

Voice over IP builds bridge to the future of DOD comms

The lessons of VOIP are helping expand and combine rich communications and collaboration on military networks.

Digital Government

What is Defense-VA Interoperability?

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments will achieve full interoperability of electronic health records by Sept. 30, Rear Admiral Gregory Timberlake, acting director of the Defense and VA interagency program office, told a House VA Committee <a href=http://veterans.house.gov/hearings/hearing.aspx?NewsID=427>hearing</a> on Tuesday.

Digital Government

Open Government Initiative provides plenty of lessons

FCW interviewed Lena Trudeau, vice president of the National Academy of Public Administration, about lessons learned from President Obama's first experiment with online citizen engagement.

Digital Government

Trust, but verify, Web 2.0 sources

Government agencies face a challenge in evaluating the veracity of information posted from the public on Twitter and Facebook quickly enough to use it.

Modernization

Creative destruction at work

Netbook computers can tell you a lot about where information technology is headed in the not-too-distant future. The days of big system, multiyear efforts to design and build new government IT applications are largely behind us.

Modernization

Kundra: System will give agencies easier access to new technology

A new storefront is designed to let federal agencies buy technology in real time.

Digital Government

Hill worries PASS ID bill would weaken security of driver's licenses

Legislation would provide states more flexibility than the controversial REAL ID law by allowing state's to create processes to check personal documents.

Cybersecurity

GSA to launch online storefront for cloud computing services

Site will be modeled after commercial online businesses such as Amazon.com to speed IT purchases, federal CIO Vivek Kundra says.

Digital Government

State medical records laws complicate White House plans

Healthcare providers spend billions of dollars to maintain and store paper records.

People

Get a Life: Good news

Even in hard times, there are flashes of good news from government and business, writes blogger Judy Welles.

Cybersecurity

GSA SmartBuy contracts awarded

Program will make cybersecurity software available to agencies.

Modernization

DOD: Can virtualization make security more manageable?

Virtualization technology may be used to deal with the Defense Department's network security problems.