Ideas
Recovery RFQ Only for Alliant Vendors
As my colleague Robert Brodsky <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090602_5138.php?oref=search">reported last week</a>, the Recovery Board <a href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1b3ec144c7c80e70622d6600cf519697&tab=core&_cview=0">issued an RFQ this morning</a> for the redesign of the <a href="http://www.recovery.gov">Recovery.gov</a> Web site.
Modernization
Army gives soldiers access to Twitter, Facebook
A recent Army order directs network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
People
Soundoff: Feds air complaints about contractors
A number of federal employees take issue with a report that suggest agencies proceed cautiously when converting contractor jobs to staff positions.
Digital Government
Commission: DOD has acquisition problems in Iraq, Afghanistan
The Defense Department has too few trained acquisition employees to keep up with the increasingly expensive operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, commission states.
Modernization
New NASA site orbits around manned space flight
A new NASA Web site is designed to let the public participate in reviewing the future of manned space flight.
Modernization
GAO: Avoid fragmented broadband policies
The FCC should work with other federal agencies to avoid a fragmented approach on national broadband policies, a new report states.
People
Firm says Chopra wants innovation in health IT
CTO Aneesh Chopra is seeking to improve innovation in government health IT by seeking new procurement channels to increase input from vendors, according to a research firm.
Cybersecurity
TSA names Garrison-Alexander as CIO
The Transportation Security Administration has has named former senior National Security Agency signal intelligence executive Emma Garrison-Alexander as its CIO.
Modernization
NARA names FOIA overseer
The National Archives and Records Administration has appointed Miriam Nisbet as the first director of the Office of Government Information Services.
Digital Government
IRS mismanaged funds for major computer application
Project management team charged expenses to future work on the project when funds ran low for current development, inspector general reports.
Cybersecurity
Vinton Cerf: Outer space could be next frontier for cybersecurity
Google executive Vinton Cerf has been working with NASA on project to transmit data between spacecraft.
Digital Government
Dems slam Bush administration for stalling EPA health-risk database
OMB delayed agency's compilation of a list of chemicals' associated health risks by requiring multiyear interagency reviews, report states.
Digital Government