Modernization
VA launches Open Government Web site with IT dashboard
The VA today introduced its new Open Government Web site with a dashboard showing progress on the VA's IT projects and an idea forum to encourage public engagement.
Modernization
Administration names Open Gov working group
The group is working on the issues of transparency and participation by the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Federal CIO: Budget request includes funds for IT oversight
Money would support recently launched project evaluation system that cancels, halts or overhauls underperforming information technology projects.
Modernization
FDA rolls out Web-based risk assessment tool for food, drug imports
The Food and Drug Administration is launching its automated risk-assessment system that will flag high-risk shipments of imported food and drugs.
Modernization
Preservation Road: Visual and audio records say more than text ever could
NARA works to ensure that future generations can continue to learn from the past, and that increasingly requires the agency to digitize audiovisual records.
Modernization
Library of Congress defines the state of the art at Culpeper facility
Some agencies that grapple with the challenges of maintaining video and audio recordings are looking outside the Beltway for inspiration.
Modernization
SSA sets goal of 50 percent online applications for retirees
The Social Security Administration has set targets for increasing its online application rate for retirees and the disabled by 2012.
Modernization
Death by distraction: New tech toys can endanger public and warfighters
The popularity of portable entertainment and communication devices creates concerns about driving and job safety.
Modernization
Defense shifts funding for command and control systems in 2011
Administration asks to reduce funding for joint radios and mobile communications system, while proposing a budget boost for its global command network.
Modernization
With budget released, administration starts pushing cloud message
White House wants more than $100 million to fund programs and to develop standards, but the investment will result in significant savings, federal chief information officer says.
Modernization
Coalition launches free text service for pregnant women, new moms
The Office of Science and Technology Policy said on Thursday a service being launched by a coalition of mobile phone providers, health professionals, and federal, state and local agencies will allow pregnant women and new mothers to receive free health information updates to their mobile phones.
Modernization
Sensory overload: Military is dealing with a data deluge
Sensors provide invaluable information to the warfighter, but they produce an enormous amount of data.
Digital Government
Federal CIO begins selling huge IT consolidation plan
Vivek Kundra meets with tech industry to outline initiative to move computer services out of departments in a bid to focus agency chief information officers on applications that serve citizens.
Modernization
National Science Foundation and Microsoft ink cloud computing partnership
The National Science Foundation and Microsoft announced a partnership on Thursday that will provide the agency funded researchers with free access to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing services.
Modernization
A new day for IT management (again)
Former Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology Mark Forman sees signs that the federal government is on the verge of embracing shared services.
Modernization