Cybersecurity
Langevin Determined To Prevent A 'Cyber 9/11'
Rhode Island Democrat supports White House oversight of cybersecurity, but opposes giving it to any one agency
Digital Government
Feds coordinate Web communications to fight swine flu
Agencies should further cooperate to create an online center of information dissemination, with an increase in applications if Swine bug infections escalate.
Digital Government
The Soviet Encyclopedia, AHLTA Style
I've been poking around for a couple of weeks on a story that, in 2001, the Naval Medical Center in San Diego had developed a low-cost way to integrate the Defense Department's Composite Health Care System (now called AHLTA, <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/03/ahlta_maybe_not_a_noun.php>maybe not a noun</a>) and the Veterans Affairs Department's electronic health record system, the Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture (VistA).
Ideas
A Twitter Tweak For Cheeky
The number of feds on the micro-blogging service <a href="http://twitter.com/Nextgov">Twitter</a> has exploded lately, making the medium that much more effective for finding and sharing information about all things Government 2.0.
Ideas
What to Expect From Kundra
Technology contractors attending a breakfast on Thursday where Vivek Kundra, Obama's new federal chief information officer (aka, "administrator of the office of e-government and information technology at the Office of Management and Budget" back in the olden days) appeared, got a hint of where he may want to take agencies and information technology.
Ideas
Sonal Shah Appointment Confirmed
Following <a href="http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=1080&sid=1">reports</a> that <a href="http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/former_googler_sonal_shah_to_lead_white_house_office_of_social_innovation">surfaced</a> last week, a White House spokesman has confirmed to Nextgov that Google executive Sonal Shah will be joining the Obama administration as director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.
Modernization
NOAA adds Great Lakes images
The detailed, three-dimensional images on Google Earth let visitors explore the canyons and sandbars in the Great Lakes.
Digital Government
Bill would boost computer R&D
Legislation in the House would require a strategy for federal research and development efforts in high-performance computing.
Ideas
The ObamaBerry Coming Soon
<em>The Washington Times</em> <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/23/inside-the-ring-77808870/">reported yesterday</a> that President Obama will soon be getting his hands on a souped-up, high-security Blackberry that the National Security Agency is currently developing:
Acquisition
Officials: Recovery act rules are the future
The economic stimulus law has many rules for agencies and contractors to keep track of the money and requires more details about that money from them.
Modernization
More rules are due on stimulus money
OMB will issue a third round of guidance in early May to help agencies handle the data reporting and audit requirements of the economic stimulus law.
Cybersecurity
DHS opens Global Entry program to Netherlands
DHS has signed an agreement with the Netherlands to jointly recognize each other's trusted traveler programs for air passengers.
Digital Government
Rising Star deadline extended
By popular demand, we are extending the deadline for Rising Star nominations until the end of day of Wednesday, April 29.
Digital Government
Army gives more resources to contracts
While wrestling with a long history of major contracting issues, the service intends to spend more money on overseeing and managing its contracts.
Digital Government