Digital Government
Satisfaction with federal Web sites reaches new heights
Improved marks come as the Obama administration takes office, promising enhanced transparency.
Digital Government
Guidance for system reviews changed to focus more on network
Updated GAO audit manual reflects advances to IT systems and environment.
Digital Government
Energy agency awards supercomputer contract to IBM
The Sequoia machine is 10 times more powerful than any supercomputer in existence.
Digital Government
Get a Life: Mixed benefit signals
Activity at the White House and on Capitol Hill is mixed on federal jobs and benefits, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Ideas
The Spread of the TSP Scam?
Fellow blogger Alyssa Rosenberg at Government Executive's FedBlog writes that the <a href="http://govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41938&dcn=todaysnews">Justice Department's phishing test</a> for its employees may have <a href="http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2009/02/justicedesigned_tsp_scam_reach.php">spilled over to the Commerce Department</a>.
Ideas
Alliant SB open for business
GSA sent out an announcement that Alliant Small Business is officially accepting task orders. In case you forgot, the contract was <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20081218_2311.php">awarded</a> to 72 companies back in December. Today's announcement means the protest period is over and GSA is finally ready to move forward with part of the <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080306_3378.php">troubled</a> contract vehicle.
Digital Government
Webs, blogs for DISA Buys?
Last week, Lisa Schlosser, director of the <a href=http://www.epa.gov/oei/collection.htm>Office of Information Collection</a> at the Environmental Protection Agency, <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090129_7141.php">told me</a> that she thought blogs and wikis would be a good way to increase participation in the regulatory process, meeting President Obama's <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/">call for the use of technology</a> to boost openness in government.
People
FCW Insider: White House posts bill for public review, stealth comments
The Obama administration has followed through on its promise, technically speaking, to post legislation online for review and comment before the president signs it.
Digital Government
Pollett: Field Commanders First
Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency since last month, did not make the <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090130_2556.php>Jan. 30 AFCEA Washington gabfest</a>, but Tony Montemarano, the agency's component acquisition executive, telegraphed Pollett's priorities. Pollett, Montemarano said, has made "getting capabilities to operational commanders in the field" his first priority, a statement that gladdens my old Marine grunt-type radio operator heart.
Modernization
NASA, Google provide 3-D views of Mars
The Mars mode on Google Earth lets users explore the planet's canyons and mountains.
Modernization
Hackers get into government jobs site
Hackers get into USAJobs site; user IDs, passwords and phone numbers were illegally accessed.
Modernization
Importer data rule goes into effect
A last-minute Bush administration rule requiring importers to file more data on shipments went into effect on schedule on Jan 25.
Cybersecurity