Digital Government
Coalition: Cloud computing raises privacy issues
Groups call for next administration, Congress to update standards for privacy.
Acquisition
SmartBuy moves closer to a mandated program
Acquisition regulators might soon tell agencies they must use the governmentwide licensing program.
People
NTEU hopeful of change from Obama administration
Federal employees' union wants to reduce the use of contractors; other changes to benefit the workforce.
People
Transition Watch: Hundreds of technology jobs up for grabs
The Obama administration will need to fill more than 300 presidentially appointed technology positions, with 21 of them being chief information officer posts.
People
HHS agency lowers Medicare payment error rate
CMS and its contractors use education, statistical sampling, medical reviews and error rate reduction plans to improve accuracy, official says.
Digital Government
Snowe adviser hopes 2009 is brighter for health IT
Consensus on privacy and security language remains up in the air.
Digital Government
Agencies send 'hot lists' of key issues to Obama review teams
Summaries are designed to help the incoming administration hone in on urgent challenges.
Digital Government
Google's CEO wants IT to open up government
Eric Schmidt said the government agencies should use information technology to expand access to information.
People
Rep. Davis joins Deloitte
Retiring Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), former chairman of the Government Reform Committee and author of several procurement reform bills, has joined Deloitte's Federal Government Services.
People
Also in the news: Deloitte gets Tim Young
The consulting firm has hired former Rep. Tom Davis, and now former OMB deputy director.
Digital Government
Industry group calls for cybersecurity partnership
A trade association is asking the incoming Obama administration to engage industry to improve cybersecurity through a social contract.
People
Also in the news: Bush converts appointees to career status
The practice, called "burrowing," protects the people currently holding the offices, the Washington Post reports.
Digital Government
DNI: Data destruction a major cyber threat
The risk of hackers carrying out data-obliteration or data-scrambling attacks should be viewed as a high-level vulnerability, the director of national intelligence said.
Digital Government