Cybersecurity
Industry group pushing for cybersecurity chief
Officials at TechAmerica, a technology industry association, say a cybersecurity chief would provide vendors with the clear guidance they need to develop products for government.
Cybersecurity
Security concerns hold back social networking
Two recent surveys found that many organizations are putting off Web 2.0 plans until security issues are resolved.
Modernization
Obama administration joins Facebook
The Obama administration's feeds on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are part of an effort to make information available through a variety of online media.
People
Obama scores high marks on transparency, watchdog group says
The Obama administration has fulfilled three out of the five 100-day transparency goals watchdog groups recommended last fall.
Digital Government
Making Stuff Up
FCW cartoonist John Klossner shares his tips for creativity and innovation.
People
Economic stimulus IT forum draws more than 2,500 participants
Vendors and IT experts submitted and ranked ideas for using information technology to better track spending under the economic stimulus law.
Digital Government
VA benefits system continues to encounter processing problems
Many vets logging onto Veterans Online Application Web site, launched on May 1, couldn't attach documents required to receive educational benefits.
Digital Government
Outside analysis can be good indicator of citizens' online needs
Agencies urged not to wait for official guidance on new media to figure out what makes users tick.
Ideas
Obama Tweets to Chill Flu Fears
President Obama joined Facebook, MySpace and Twitter -- all burgeoning online communities -- on Friday in what some are calling an effort to calm hysteria surrounding the swine flu outbreak.
Ideas
Addressing USASpending Problems
Before he was elected to the White House, Sen. Barack Obama was a proponent of putting more information about government contracts, grants and loans online, teaming up with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to introduce the <a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1207/121407n1.htm">2006 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act</a>, which requires full disclosure on a Web site maintained by OMB of all organizations receiving more than $25,000 in federal funds.
Digital Government