Digital Government
A Galaxy of Cyber Four Stars?
The Army and Air Force CIOs -- Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson and Lt Gen William L. Shelton -- would only get a one-star bump. But since Allen is a one star, BG, this could mean a three-star jump for him -- unless some folks don't think the Marines qualify as a fill-fledged service because they are part of the Navy.
Cybersecurity
Obama picks top DHS intell officer
President Barack Obama plans to nominate Philip Mudd as DHS’ new undersecretary for intelligence and analysis. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will appoint Bart Johnson as principal deputy undersecretary for intelligence and analysis.
Cybersecurity
Survey: IT high on wish list for new money
State and local public safety agencies want to use new federal money to help fund technology projects, according to a new survey.
Acquisition
OFPP considers exempting accounting standards
Officials want comments on whether the Cost Accounting Standards for government contracts should apply to overseas contracts.
Ideas
The CIA Memo Transparency Test
It was probably the stark absurdity of the situation that created the final decision tipping point: release classified documents relating to the CIA waterboarding of captured Al Qaeda members, but move mightily to keep information about aircraft bird strikes from the public.
Modernization
City Web sites track new federal money
Several cities have established Web sites to track the $50 billion in economic stimulus spending cities will get.
Modernization
Kundra: IT procurement needs improving
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said the Obama administration is exploring ways to improve the government's process for buying IT.
Modernization
Analyst: Virtual workspaces will come
Growing demands for energy and a need to retain aging workers will make virtual workspaces a necessity in the near future, a technology analyst said.
Digital Government