Digital Government
Secret Service's ink evidence library now electronically searchable
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Google could gain from cookie trail
Privacy groups and small Web companies are raising concerns about the company's ubiquity on government sites
Digital Government
Obama proposes terminating system that backs up GPS
Telecom industry, federal agencies and specialists say growing risks to the Global Positioning System increase the need for it.
Digital Government
Performance-based contract awarded for GAO tech upgrade
Semiannual reviews by government employees will help determine contractor's compensation.
Digital Government
Security standards potential 'showstopper' for health network
Agreeing on guidelines that meet private and public sector requirements will be difficult.
Digital Government
News Flash: Acquisition Workers Needed
We all know that's not news, but it's good to get an annual reminder from the Government Accountability Office that there are too few people managing too many programs that cost too much.
Ideas
Grants.gov Upgrade 90 Days Away
For those of you who saw <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090311_8266.php">my story</a> about the Office of Management and Budget directing agencies to update their grant management systems in preparation for a spike of stimulus-related applications, Jason Miller over at Federal News Radio has an <a href="http://federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=1625260">update</a>:
Cybersecurity
GAO: Fake IDs yield passports
GAO investigators had no problems getting genuine United States passports by using false documents.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Should Kundra stay or go?
So far, we see no consensus among our readers about the future of Vivek Kundra as the federal government's first chief information officer.
People
DOD to review NSPS pay system
The Defense Department will delay further conversions while it and OPM evaluate the pay-for-performance system, official says.
Modernization
NARA wants new catalog
The National Archives and Records Administration wants information on how to replace the centralized system used to share and manage its holdings.
Modernization
Auditors: IRS should scan servers weekly
The IRS should scan all servers often to protect against malicious code and software attacks, IG recommends.
Acquisition
Law halts regulations for woman-owned businesses
The fiscal 2009 spending law prohibits the Small Business Administration from using Bush administration regulations.
Modernization
Auditors: FEMA acquisition files are a mess
Private auditors could locate only eight of the 24 contracting files they requested in a recent review at the agency's headquarters.
Modernization