Digital Government
Targeting youth, Military Health System adds social networking tools
The move is aimed at attracting more young troops who make up the agency's largest group of patients but are among the least likely to visit the site.
Digital Government
Plan to coordinate counternarcotics technologies unclear
Southwest border strategy offers few details about overlap with existing homeland security programs.
Ideas
CDC Shows Off Its Stats
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has become the star of the Government 2.0 movement recently, as the agency has been wildly successful in deploying social media to raise awareness of recent public health crises, including the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090209_7840.php">peanut butter/salmonella outbreak</a> and the recent <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090427_5864.php">swine flu scare</a>.
Digital Government
VA/SPAWAR Deal: No SEWP
The Veterans Affairs Department has an instruction in place that all information technology purchases go through the governmentwide Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (<a href="http://www.sewp.nasa.gov/">SEWP</a>), managed by NASA.
Digital Government
New GI Bill Ripoff
One of the key tasks the VA IT shop has assigned to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center is the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081029_2928.php">development of a claims processing system</a> for the new GI Bill, formally known as the <a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h2642enr.txt.pdf">Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act.</a>
Digital Government
Kudos for fast VA Response
I have complained in the past about my queries to the VA going into as black hole. No more, thanks to Katie Roberts, the new VA press secretary.
People
Facebook becomes channel of choice for feds to announce moves
Will Facebook and other social media tools eclipse traditional newspaper announcements for hirings, retirements and weddings?
Modernization
Two biometric systems being tested
The Homeland Security Department has started testing two ways in which government officials, not airlines, could collect biometrics from non-U.S. air travelers as they leave the country.
Modernization
Legal marijuana? Whistle-blower protection? It's all about open government.
Thousands of comments on the Open Government Dialogue Web site offer an array of ideas -- some more serious than others.
People
GSA nominee lays out reform plans
If confirmed by the Senate, Martha Johnson would be the fifth administrator in 14 months for the General Services Administration.
Digital Government
ONCHIT tests guidance for health records
HHS is testing a template for an electronic personal health record
Acquisition
Regulators to discuss how to get authentic IT
Officials continue talks with industry about how to make sure the government buys authentic IT products.
Cybersecurity
The FCW.com Top Ten
Here's a look at the top stories FCW.com readers were watching for the week of June 1-5.
Cybersecurity
DHS draws flak for review of services contracts
DHS' new mandatory reviews of professional service contracts: A good idea or too tough to do?
Cybersecurity
IG: DHS security clearances need IT help
The Homeland Security Department could improve its security clearance process by beefing up its computer support, IG says.
People
Olson joins ConnellyWorks
Kelly Olson will be vice president and have responsibility for overall management and strategic accounts.
People
Air Force names leader of cyber unit
Maj. Gen. Richard Webber has been named commander of a new Air Fore unit that will focus on the service's cyber mission.
Cybersecurity