Digital Government
GSA to make new bid for agency customers
Ed O'Hare, the new leader of GSA's Integrated Technology Services, aims to make GSA's services faster, better and cheaper than what other agencies can offer.
Modernization
Army seeks virtual support groups for amputees
Virtual world-based groups would help people who do not have access to in-person groups.
Digital Government
Managing Technology
Apply open source principles to software development. Read the story.
Digital Government
IG: Weak controls jeopardize TSA's financial data
Agency's failure to limit access to computer systems to the employees who need it leaves information vulnerable, auditors say.
Modernization
New media advocates see cracks in Obama's open government push
Anonymity, tight deadlines and poor layout of Web sites could cause the administration's push for public participation to fall flat.
Digital Government
Defense Intelligence Agency launches IT services contract
Procurement estimated to be worth $6.6 billion over five years.
Ideas
Cybersecurity Review Due Friday
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters today the results of the Obama administration's 60-day review of the federal government's cybersecurity posture will be released Friday.
Ideas
What Keeps Obama Up At Night
It's a bit of a hackneyed question that reporters ask a top executive every now and then: "What keeps you up at night?" It's been asked of federal information technology managers, too, and the answer typically has been the lack of cybersecurity. Information security seems to be the cause of a lack of sleep for President Obama, too.
Digital Government
Mega Cyber Brief Coming Soon
It's hard to figure out who's on first in the cybersecurity game, as the White House slogs its way through a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090326_7200.php>60-day cybersecurity review</a>, the National Security Agency stands up a <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090506_4087.php>Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare</a> and the Homeland Security Department <a href= http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090309_2252.php>jockeys</a> to run the cyber mission outside of the Defense Department.
People
News alert: Obama to discuss cybersecurity report on Friday (press conference at 10:55 a.m.)
The report is based on the results of the Obama administration’s 60-day review of the federal government’s cybersecurity policy.
Cybersecurity