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

Open Government Dialogue: The E.T. connection

The Obama administration has received more than 1,400 ideas for how to make government more transparent, with some suggestions more serious than others.