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

National Labs Moving to DOD?

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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.

Digital Government

Mobile Armor for the Navy

That's not the kind you wear. It's the kind you put on your computer to protect data at rest from bad guys.

Digital Government

Services to Share the Cyber Thing

That's the bottom line on cyberspace from the <a href=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2009/QRMFinalReport_v26Jan.pdf>Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review Report</a> signed by the secretary of Defense last week. And it seems to put an end to <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40246&printerfriendlyvers=1>Air Force hopes</a> of running the cyber show.