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

House again considers electronic records bill

A new House bill would expand the National Archives and Records Administration's ability to dictate how agencies and the White House maintain electronic records.