Modernization
GSA puts its USA.gov Web site in the cloud
Outsourcing storage and maintenance of the site's applications will halve costs and provide better service and security, agency officials say.
Digital Government
Billions for health records rest on NIST standards
Health professionals say finding agreement is the key to success for the economic stimulus act's $19 billion for automating health records.
Modernization
Officials eye a geospatial 'Virtual USA'
Officials from the Homeland Security Department and several states have started a project intended to make state and local geospatial data interoperable.
Digital Government
Oh, AHLTA is a Proper Noun
Last week <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/02/a_new_vista_for_ahlta_redux.php>I referred to AHLTA</a>, the Defense Department's electronic health record system, as an acronym that stood for Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application system. It did when AHLTA was introduced in 2005.
Ideas
Federal CIOs' Power on the Rise
For CIOs, some good news from the latest <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090224_9757.php CIO survey conducted by Tech America</a>, the industry association that was formed with the merger of the Information Technology Association of America and AeA.
Ideas
Headline of the Day
From the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Feb. 24 issue of TechBeat, the agency's biweekly tip sheet for journalists:
Ideas
Reading the E-Verify Tea Leaves
From my colleague Humberto Sanchez at <em>CongressDaily </em>comes the news that the $410 billion omnibus <a href="http://appropriations.house.gov/default.aspx">spending bill</a> unveiled on Monday by House Democrats includes authorization for the controversial E-Verify program through the end of the fiscal year.
Modernization
Former official: Census handhelds could save millions
Using handheld devices in the 2010 census will be limited, but devices are likely to be used heavily for the 2020 population count, former Census Bureau director also says.
Modernization
Survey: Security is CIOs’ top challenge
Information security continues to be the leading priority and challenge for CIOs because threats have become more complex, according to a new survey.
Cybersecurity
Technology urged to stop tunnels at borders
Authorities found 93 illegal tunnels under U.S. borders from 1990 to November 2008, according to a new report that recommends more use of tunnel-detection technology.
Digital Government