Digital Government

Latest delay to E-Verify prompts doubts about program's future

Obama administration has postponed implementation four times already.

Digital Government

Regulations.gov wins praise for public outreach

The federal rule-tracking Web site is soliciting input from citizens on its proposed redesign.

People

Two examples of why online forums break down

Two readers inadvertently prove how difficult it is to keep online dialogues from running off the rails.

Digital Government

Pile On for $1.5B Navy Contract

At least four major industry teams submitted bids on Wednesday for the Navy's <a href=https://e-commerce.sscno.nmci.navy.mil/Command/02/ACQ/navhome.nsf/homepage?readform&db=navbusopor.nsf&whichdoc=0713C6E52C4D7BA28625751C0079AB6B&editflag=0>Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services</a> (CANES) contract.

People

FCW Insider: Open Government Dialogue and birth certificate postings

FCW received a letter to the editor suggesting one way that the Open Government Dialogue might deal with all the comments regarding Obama and his birth certificate.

Ideas

Task Force: Good or Bad News for SBINet?

Since her days as Arizona governor, Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has not been the biggest advocate of the Secure Border Initiative -- a multi-year plan for reducing illegal immigration and protecting U.S. borders through a combination of physical fencing and monitoring technology.

People

In-house expertise

Veteran journalist John Stein Monroe is taking on a new role at FCW as the social-media evangelist.

Cybersecurity

Cyber leader powers still unknown

President Barack Obama received widespread praise for his recent decision to create a cybersecurity coordinator, but some observers say it remains to be seen whether the position has enough authority.

Digital Government

Napolitano backs E-Verify

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she is a big supporter of E-Verify, the Web-based employment eligibility verification tool.

Digital Government

How the Open Government Dialogue got slimed

The Open Government Dialogue — the Obama administration’s much-ballyhooed initiative to engage with the public in an online forum — worked pretty well ... for about a week.

People

Success with Web 2.0 requires risk

At the Government Leadership Summit, government leaders and social-media experts shared their take on the path to Web 2.0 enlightenment.

Modernization

Health IT needs more functionality, CIO says

Theresa Cullen, CIO of the Indian Health Service, said health IT leaders should create more functionality in their systems, including the ability to track diseases without current lag times.

People

GAO: The FDA needs strategic IT plan

The Food and Drug Administration doesn't have a comprehensive strategic plan for managing its numerous IT modernization projects, the GAO reports.