Digital Government

IT groups lobby against Buy American provisions

Several dozen companies and IT industry groups are lobbying to block the Buy American provisions in the Senate's economic stimulus package.

Cybersecurity

SRA warns of possible data breach

SRA International has warned current and former employees and its customers, including federal employees, about a possible data breach.

People

New university concentrates on IT

The institution will offer graduate-level courses on computing systems, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence.

People

CRS: Chief technology officer would face fights

A federal CTO likely would have turf battles with other agencies, a new report says.

Digital Government

Amendment to stimulus bill would cut funding for new computers

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Modernization

Kundra said to be Obama's pick for OMB e-gov chief

The District of Columbia's chief technology officer has focused on applications that promote public collaboration, transparency and performance.

Digital Government

Killefer's resignation seen as setback for federal IT

Technology professionals express disappointment, urge Obama to find a replacement with similar experience inside and outside government.

Modernization

GPO's new content system advances

The Government Printing Office's new content repository system has more than 150,000 documents and will soon replace GPO's current system.

Digital Government

IT-related stimulus spending

View a chart that details technology-related spending in the House and Senate versions of President Barack Obama's stimulus package.

Ideas

The Lowdown on E-Health ROI

How long before the government's investment in e-health records -- mostly spent in the form of "incentives" provided through Medicare and Medicaid -- starts to pay off? Longer than you may think, if you look at the Congressional Budget Office's <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9968/hr1.pdf">analysis of the House stimulus bill</a>.

People

Taxing Times

Three of Obama's high-level nominees have had tax problems. Two have stepped down.