Digital Government
Big IT projects for agencies tucked inside stimulus package
State, Social Security Administration, Veterans Affairs receive windfall equal to a significant portion of their annual IT budgets.
Cybersecurity
DHS gets new privacy chief
Mary Ellen Callahan, the Homeland Security Department's new chief privacy officer, is an attorney who has specialized in privacy, security, data protection, consumer protection and e-commerce law.
Ideas
Cybersecurity: All Together Now
The latest in what seems to be an endless string of reports that take a stab at solving the nation's cybersecurity failures says more effective coordination, metrics, policies, and training is needed across markets. This seems to be a lesson everyone except government grasps.
Ideas
Air Force: No Security, No 'Net
If you're a soldier or a civilian working for the Defense Department, it's becoming harder and harder to do anything online. There's no YouTube, MySpace or even reading blogs for some. Now, for airmen at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, there's no Internet at all.
Digital Government
Actor Kilmer's Nasty Take on 'Nam Vets
Val Kilmer -- the actor who has portrayed Jim Morrison in the movie "The Doors," Batman in "Batman Forever," Moses in "The Prince of Egypt," and a naval aviator in "Top Gun" -- now has his eyes on a new real life role, governor of New Mexico.
Ideas
From Sleepwalking to ZZZ-Mailing
Researchers from the University of Toledo, Ohio, report in the medical journal <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620282/description#description"><em>Sleep Medicine</em></a> about the first case of someone emailing while asleep -- an act related to sleepwalking.
Cybersecurity
Institute: Better coordination needed for cybersecurity R&D
A report makes recommendations to improve cybersecurity research efforts.
Modernization
White House issues guidance on stimulus bucks
Memo provides guidance to federal agencies on how to carry out the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Cybersecurity
IG: FEMA should stay in DHS
DHS' inspector general recommends Congress not endorse moving FEMA out of DHS.
Acquisition
Stimulus spending and fixed-price contracts: Readers react
Numerous readers took issue with the news that the new stimulus legislation directs agencies to spend stimulus money through firm fixed-price contracts.
Modernization
FCW Insider: Tips on keeping public comments civil (Part 2)
Kim Patrick Kobza, of Neighborhood America, shares his thoughts on how agencies can engage the public more effectively through the online comment process.
People
Kobza: The place for public comments
Government needs both old and new modes of communication to truly tap the wisdom of the crowd.
Digital Government
BearingPoint could face scrutiny in federal market
The consulting company might experience losses in federal business after filing for bankruptcy reorganization.
Digital Government