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FCW Insider: How to improve the virtual town hall
Social networking expert Kim Patrick Kobza has some kind words for Obama's first virtual town hall -- but lots of ideas for improving on it.
People
States take growing role in cyber crimefighting
While federal law enforcement agencies investigate many cyber crimes, state and local authorities are gaining increasing abilities to take part.
Digital Government
California IT consolidation gets green light from commission
Government Technology
Digital Government
Prosecutors charge former IRS employee with filing false tax claims
Indianapolis worker allegedly used information from the Integrated Data Retrieval System to prepare six fraudulent income tax returns.
Digital Government
GSA's Johnson to retire after 33 years of service
Ed O'Hare, chief information officer for the Federal Acquisition Service, will take over as assistant commissioner for the Integrated Technology Service.
Digital Government
Hundreds flock to camp for social networking in government
The "unconference" held sessions developed on site and presented examples of how government can use the new media.
Ideas
It's the Drawing Board for Real ID
At a event on Friday, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano had no kind words to say about Real ID, which was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress in 2005 to require states to issue new high-tech driver's licenses that incorporate a range of security features. Speaking to reporters following a press event this afternoon, Napolitano described the legislation as "enormously expensive," "containing a lot of uncertainly," and lacking adequate "constitutional governance."
Digital Government
One Tough Hike for Bataan
I'm headed down to the White Sands Missile Range this weekend for the annual <a href=http://www.bataanmarch.com/>Bataan Memorial Death March</a>, which commemorates the 1942 event in the Philippines when 10,000 U.S. and Filipino troops were literally marched to death by the Japanese Army en route to Prisoner of War camps. Another 10,000 escaped and 50,000 barely survived the 70 mile jungle slog.
Cybersecurity
The federal/state balancing act
Federal and nonfederal interests don't always coincide in homeland security intelligence.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano brings information sharing success to DHS post
Since Janet Napolitano took over as Homeland Security secretary in January, she has vocally pledged her support for efforts to share homeland security-related information and intelligence between state, local and federal authorities. Her emphasis on such sharing predates many of the current federally driven efforts to integrate state and local authorities into the national-intelligence apparatus.
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VA, DOD will share patient records
The two departments will meet a Sept. 30 deadline for single, interoperable electronic health record, said a senior interagency program official.
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