Digital Government
City wants surveillance cameras to record every license plate
Wired: Threat Level
Modernization
Google's Washington presence keeps growing
Company unveils search tool, the latest in a series of products that attract federal agencies.
Digital Government
Privacy, security must be key for FDA drug-tracking system
Agency must protect and limit the use of the public's health information in a new computer system to analyze the benefits and adverse reactions of drugs.
Digital Government
Recovery.gov gears up for a makeover
Stimulus oversight panel will issue a request for proposal for IT vendors in the coming weeks.
Digital Government
Air Force uses jets for long-range communications on battlefields
New system will provide almost round-the-clock radio communications over a battlefield from an altitude of 40,000 feet.
People
Get a Life!: Marley and life
Unlike Marley the dog's family, federal workers may gain more work life balance with legislation on parental leave and telework, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Digital Government
Park Police: Don't Shine That Brass
This bit goes under the heading of "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished."
Ideas
DHS Names More Cyber Players
Homeland Security Department Secretary Janet Napolitano rounded out her cybersecurity team today, announcing the appointment of two key posts that will report to Phillip Reitinger, the cyber chief at the department.
Cybersecurity
McConnell gets DHS gig
Bruce McConnell, former Chief of Information Policy and Technology in the Office of Management and Budget, will serve as the Homeland Security department's counselor to the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Deputy Under Secretary, Philip Reitlinger.
People
Fred Schobert plans retirement
Fred Schobert, one of the architects of the General Services Administration's Networx contract, is planning to retire from the agency later this month.
People
Check out the latest entries to the FCW Twitter contest
Check out some recent entries in our contest, including two poetic endeavors.
Ideas
Google Government
The blogosphere is buzzing over last week's <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/googles-top-policy-exec-to-join-obama-administration/?hp">report</a> that Google head of global public policy Andrew McLaughlin will join the Obama administration as deputy chief technology officer under Aneesh Chopra.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Sizing up the cyber coordinator
GCN Editor in Chief Wyatt Kash suggests keeping expectations in check when talking about a cybersecurity coordinator (and please stop using the word “czar”).
People