People

OMB nominee Orszag said he will use IT to improve performance

President-elect Barack Obama’s OMB director would also strengthen information technology use to deliver services and make contracting and acquisition more efficient.

Digital Government

GSA may have a second round of STARS contracts

Official says the success of the governmentwide IT contract warrants a second version.

Modernization

CIOs like Web 2.0 tools for sharing information

Employees will adopt Web 2.0 tools whether agencies allow it or not, chief information officers say.

Digital Government

Towns: Committee will perform strong oversight

Rep. Edolphus Towns, the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he intends to perform vigorous oversight of government agencies.

People

White House office ordered to search for e-mail messages

As part of ongoing litigation, a federal judge today ordered the Executive Office of the President to search workstations and media for any e-mail messages sent or received between March 2003 and October 2005.

People

FCW Insider: Is Obama ready for an e-democracy crush?

Obama's social networking strategy could generate more traffic than the administration will be prepared to handle.

People

Users create a briefing book for Obama

The Change.gov Web site offers people a chance to recommend priorities to the Obama administration.

Digital Government

White House ordered to search employee computers for missing e-mails

Directive, which includes memory sticks, CDs and DVDs, is part of the effort to find missing messages during more than two years.

Digital Government

VA secretary nominee says he will automate Veterans Affairs

Shinseki tells Senate panel that leadership, not technology, is slowing the move to a shared electronic health record with Defense.

Digital Government

Get a Life!: Work life Obama-style

Michelle Obama has placed work/life balance high among her policy concerns as she becomes first lady. But what are the prospects for work/life benefits in this time of a growing federal deficit?

Ideas

Benchmark for Obama's Web 2.0 Vision

Barack Obama said he will use technology to reach out to Americans to ask for input on policies and to make government operations more transparent. The Obama administration might just have a benchmark on how using technology to engage the public may or may not change Americans' feelings about their government.