Digital Government
Administration plans to expand online government data site
White House CIO also will soon unveil technology that allows citizens to follow cost of federal IT programs.
Digital Government
OMB updates guidelines for USASpending.gov data
Senator recommends that the administration use the spending clearinghouse to share information on subawards until Recovery.gov is redesigned.
Digital Government
VA 'relinquished oversight' of IT projects under agreement
Agency did not know basic details of millions of dollars of IT work contracted out to SPAWAR, including higher-than-average management fees.
Modernization
Power IT Down Day encourages government, industry to unplug
Microsoft Corp. will join Citrix, Hewlett-Packard and Intel to encourage government and industry to be responsible with energy consumption on the second annual Power IT Down Day.
Ideas
OGov on Track, But to Where?
President Obama's open government initiative is on track with part two of a process intended to involve the public in policymaking. Late Tuesday night, White House officials released a <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Wrap-Up-of-the-Open-Government-Brainstorming-Transparency/">summary</a> of part one -- a week-long brainstorming session -- and a bit more information on round two.
Digital Government
NPS to Vets: Polish On -- Soon
The National Park Service plans to accommodate veterans and active duty troops who shine the <a href=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=212>base of the flagpole</a> at the Vietnam Memorial. But it has asked the polishers to wait until it changes the patina from its original dark brown to a brighter finish, Stephen Lorenzetti, deputy superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, told me.
Cybersecurity
Deepwater milestone signals a step forward
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gary Blore, assistant commandant for acquisition, discusses the final acceptance of the National Security Cutter Bertholf, which is the largest asset completed so far in the service's controversial $24 billion Integrated Deepwater Systems acquisition program.
People
Open Government Dialogue's greatest hits
Here is a selection of the top-rated ideas proposed through the Open Government Dialogue for making government operations and information more transparent.
Modernization
Lisagor: Hybrid networks promise better performance
One predicted trend for the next year is the rise of hybrid topologies/infrastructures, in which an agency might have a combination of internal servers for the more meat-and-potato functions, coupled with an external system such as Amazon’s S3 to “cloud burst,” or take up the slack, for files that are really popular.
Modernization
Report provides open government suggestions
A report by the National Academy of Public Administration looks at suggestions on how the federal government can be more transparent.
People
Bloggers and tweeters sound off on Kundra, Chopra
Speeches by the nation's new CIO and CTO are getting attention on the Web.
People
Conversation turns ugly at the Open Government Dialogue
Some participants are up in arms after some anti-Obama posts disappeared from the Web site.
Acquisition
Senators grease skids for Johnson to head GSA
Senators say Martha Johnson, President Barack Obama's nominee to be GSA administrator, has a lot of experience in the private sector and in government.
Ideas
Twitter Attack
One of the social media applications widely used by citizens and federal employees alike -- Twitter -- is the latest to be infected by a virus, which raises the question: How is the Obama administration going to leverage Web 2.0 technologies, as promised, while locking down sensitive and private information?
Ideas
Opposing Obama's Deputy CTO Pick
Two consumer groups have lined up to oppose President Obama's pending <a href="http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/06/google_government.php">appointment</a> of Google's Andrew McLaughlin as deputy chief technology officer in the White House.
Cybersecurity
DHS' IG reports millions recovered from fraud
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general has recovered $228 million in fines and other payments by investigating complaints of alleged waste, fraud and abuse.
People