Modernization
Klossner: Virtual training
FCW cartoonist John Klossner ponders the difficulty of visual humor in a networked world.
Cybersecurity
DHS expands RFID use at borders today
DHS has started the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which requires displaying eligible ID documents, most with RFID tags, at land and sea borders.
Cybersecurity
$300M in transit grants to aid in homeland security projects
DHS announced $300 million in economic stimulus law funding is available for eligible port security and mass transit projects.
Digital Government
Google's top policy executive to join Obama administration
The New York Times Blogs
Digital Government
IT Budget strategies for a down economy
Optimize your IT systems without a bigger budget, from DLT and Symantec
Digital Government
Auditor blasts VA for poor IT management and oversight
Problems were caused by a poorly planned transition to a centralized management model, but a former departmental CIO says that charge is 'silly and untrue.'
Digital Government
State Department promotes Internet diplomacy
But encouraging online interaction among individuals could pose policy challenges for Obama administration.
Cybersecurity
Security is a top concern with smart electric grid
Observers split on whether Internet-based technology would ward off hackers or invite them in.
Modernization
Kundra: Government must tap into Web 2.0's potential
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, speaking at the American Council of Technology and Industry Advisory Council's Management of Change Conference, said the government must tap Web 2.0's dynamic functionality.
Cybersecurity