People
FCW Insider: The problem with feds on Facebook
Many people are more than a little uncomfortable about the blurring of their personal and professional worlds in Facebook.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: What makes a Rising Star?
One reader wants to know how the judges identify individuals who have real growth potential.
Modernization
Treasury launches FinancialStability.gov
The site helps users understand the financial system's problems and track the administration’s efforts to fix them.
Cybersecurity
Interoperability urged for border communications
Sheriffs say local, state and federal officials need to work together to secure the U.S./Mexico border.
Modernization
New rules for stimulus contracting
The federal acquisition councils published proposed rules for the reporting and legal requirements for contracts awarded under the economic stimulus law.
People
Bill would simplify federal hiring process
Sens. Akaka and Voinovich have introduced legislation to streamline federal hiring processes and make the government an employer of choice.
Cybersecurity
Vendor recommends federal software security mandate
Government would benefit from building safeguards into software during development, report says.
Digital Government
Lack of reporting, communication threaten TARP program
Without reports on taxpayer-funded capital and a plan to convey its actions to the public, the relief plan risks future funding, GAO says.
Digital Government
DHS awards contract for surveillance systems along U.S.-Canada border
Boeing will deploy networks in Buffalo and Detroit and conduct a yearlong test to determine enhancements the department should add.
Digital Government
VA program to schedule patient appointments on verge of collapse
Failure of the overdue application, a core piece of a new medical system, angers veterans groups and has officials worried about a reaction from the Hill and White House.
Ideas