People

Asking the defense industry to give back

The defense industry could contribute to easing the nation's deficit with mild price reductions.

Digital Government

Recommended Reading for March 5

Lousy PowerPoint practices; U.K. wants open source; The case for desktop Linux; Paperless living.

Cybersecurity

Obama names Kundra federal CIO

Vivek Kundra says he wants to improve transparency and engage people.

Digital Government

New federal CIO lays out IT agenda

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Digital Government

Navy attempts massive consolidation of intranet portals

The service plans to join an umbrella portal that gives military members access to e-mail, social networking and teleconferences.

Digital Government

Accuracy of census could be at risk because of delays, lack of testing

GAO tells lawmakers dearth of IT expertise is a major impediment to the decennial population count.

Modernization

Agencies have problems collecting Recovery.gov data

Agencies must post information that accounts for how they have used the funds on federal programs or distributed as grants to states and local governments.

Modernization

Ballmer: IT may help reset the economy

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was upbeat at the company's Public Sector CIO Summit, saying the outlook for information technology was not as bleak as for some other sectors.

Modernization

Genachowski is FCC chairman nominee

President Barack Obama has nominated Julius Genachowski, his campaign technology adviser, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Digital Government

Obama names Kundra federal CIO

President Obama Thursday named Vivek Kundra to serve as federal chief information officer at the White House.

Digital Government

Whither the Navy?

Since today is <a href=http://www.afceanova.org/events/special-events/it-days/naval-it-day-fy09/naval-it-day>Naval IT Day</a>, it's a good idea to look at the overall state of the Navy. And, if you judge by the number of ships it has, the U.S. Navy is in quite sad shape, according to Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Ideas

$250B Ain't What it Used to Be

Obama's economic stimulus package has nearly tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars worth of information technology spending in it, but don't expect that to help out the IT industry.