Modernization
NASA plans Webcast about the sun
The event will reveal new information and images about the Earth’s sun and its influence on the solar system, NASA says.
Cybersecurity
R&D work vulnerable to cyber threats
A group of experts urged action to stop the effects cyber attacks could have on research and the economy.
Modernization
Officials struggle with data for Recovery.gov
Gathering quality data to report economic stimulus spending will be difficult, the chairman of the stimulus act oversight board told Congress.
Digital Government
TSA lacks technology to meet air cargo screening goal
Lawmaker says Congress might have to take steps to help the agency reach a August 2010 deadline to screen all cargo transported on passenger planes for weapons of mass destruction.
Digital Government
Obama official agrees more needs to be done on stimulus transparency
Stimulus oversight chief Earl Devaney told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that firm estimates of how much of the $787 billion stimulus funds had been dispensed by federal agencies were not yet available.
Digital Government
Behavioral analytics could extend identity management security
Government Computer News
Digital Government
Defense urged to develop a weapon to disable foreign satellites
But advice comes with warnings about costs, creating destructive space debris and unleashing a new arms race.
Digital Government
Stimulus funds for IT require new procurement strategy
Agencies and vendors should focus on objectives, cost savings and benchmarks of success in critical programs, research group says.
People
Justice issues new FOIA guidelines
Attorney General Eric Holder issued new guidelines today that encourage agencies to release information to the public under Freedom of Information Act requests.
People
The 2009 Rising Star awards: A call for nominations
The annual awards program recognizes up and coming leaders in the government market.
Digital Government
Platoon Of Generals Take the Hill
There's just under 20 generals from all four services testifying on Capitol Hill today, according to a handy <a href=http://www.defenselink.mil/today/index.aspx?ShowDate=03/18/2009>list</a> put out by the Defense Department press shop, along with a handful of assistant or under secretaries, which put the number of top Defense managers on the Hill today well above 20.
Ideas
Obama Likes UNC as Hoops Champ
President Obama posted his <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/18/March-Madness-At-the-White-House/">NCAA bracket</a> on whitehouse.gov.
People
Public comments and the regulatory process
OMB has received some interesting feedback on how federal agencies can do a better job of getting public input on proposed regulations.
People