Digital Government
Despite economy, federal IT market expected to grow to $98.5B by 2012
Government Technology
Cybersecurity
'Father Of The Internet' Seeks Expansive Role For CTO
Google 'Internet Evangelist' discusses challenges and possibilities awaiting Obama's proposed chief technology officer
Digital Government
Obama names science and technology team
President-elect says he will promote "free and open inquiry" and listen to his advisers, even when they are presenting "inconvenient" findings.
Digital Government
Defense should stop buying obsolete radios
Science boards say continued acquisition of legacy systems threatens development of advanced radios that all four services can use to download intelligence data and videos.
Digital Government
DHS to collect biometric data from green card holders
New rule that expands US VISIT program requires fingerprints and digital photos from noncitizens who are permanent residents.
Ideas
The Chief Technology Outreacher
It's not exactly clear exactly what the responsibilities will be for Obama's new chief technology officer, but Carolyn Brubaker, head of business development for civilian agencies at Microsoft Federal, has some general thoughts. Brubaker, who last month was assigned the extra duty as the company's new chief transition officer (the first of its kind as far as we can tell), told Nextgov on Friday in a sit-down interview that the CTO might focus less on government operations and more on outreach to the public. According to talks she and her team at Microsoft have had with Obama's transition team, it's likely social networking technologies are going to be the CTO's main responsibility.
Ideas
Cerf on the New CTO
The Tech Daily Dose blog, published by Nextgov sister publication CongressDaily, has a short post on what Google's Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf thinks Obama's chief technology officer can do. Here's an excerpt form the post written by National Journal's Theresa Poulson (Tech Daily Dose is only available through subscription):
Modernization
Transition: Agencies prepare for the YouTube administration
Obama’s experience using the Web for campaigning and donations will transfer to more connected democracy and IT innovation, a federal official said.
People
Letter: Suggestions for OPM
A reader has suggestions for the Office of Personnel Management to streamline the job application process.
People
OMB: Agencies will reduce security clearance delays
Plans advance to automate clearance process, start policy reforms, increase accountability and expand reciprocity.
Cybersecurity