Modernization

Issa seeks info on White House e-mail use

Rep. Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House Oversight panel, is asking the White House to clarify its policies on staffers using personal e-mail accounts such as Gmail.

Modernization

Survey to check attitudes on privacy, services

GSA is looking for a contractor to conduct online surveys to find out how people want to receive information about the federal government.

Modernization

As NMCI wraps, question of what is next looms

The next generation of NMCI is likely to be the end of the single-vendor model, but it's far from clear what the Navy will replace it with.

Modernization

CANES to consolidate shipboard networks

As the Navy prepares to rework its shore-based networks under the Next Generation Enterprise Network, a parallel effort is under way to streamline the networks on ships.

Modernization

Mobile do’s and don’ts

Government agencies are launching special versions of their Web sites designed to load quickly onto the small screens of mobile phones and other handheld devices.

Modernization

Who else is going mobile

Here are some of the states and agencies that have created Web sites tailored to mobile users.

Modernization

White House issues guidance on stimulus bucks

Memo provides guidance to federal agencies on how to carry out the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Modernization

FCW Insider: Tips on keeping public comments civil (Part 2)

Kim Patrick Kobza, of Neighborhood America, shares his thoughts on how agencies can engage the public more effectively through the online comment process.

Modernization

Upgraded site offers information on research projects

An Energy Department site has added projects from the Defense Department, NASA and the Transportation Research Board to its federal R&D project summaries portal.

Modernization

GSA offers to tools to help agencies with Networx procurements

It has built tools for agencies to use in developing Fair Opportunity awards.

Modernization

GSA eases burden of Networx protests

GSA issues bulletin that says Networx awards are exempt from some provisions of the Acquisition Improvement and Accountability Act.

Modernization

NASA wins Twitter award

Updates about the Mars Phoenix Lander mission won NASA a prize in the science category of the Shorty Awards.

Modernization

OPM cites progress in DOD pay-for-performance system

More data is needed on the National Security Personnel System to gauge its effect on employee recruitment, retention and turnover rates.

Modernization

Air Force plans relignment for centers

Moving personnel will more effectively integrate cyber concerns with testing and evaluation of weapons systems, Air Force officials say.

Modernization

Obama order cites CTO as assistant to president

A Federal Register notice adds the chief technology officer to the membership of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

Modernization

Godwin of USA.gov said appointed to the White House

Blog reports say Bev Godwin will champion social networking as the Director of Online Resources and Interagency Development.

Modernization

Treasury adds more accountability to TARP

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a retooled TARP and Web site that will track funds and the effect of the financial stability plan on credit markets.

Modernization

NASA adds video as part of Networx progress

NASA moves videoconferencing to Networx and it moves toward a transition from FTS2001 to Networx.

Modernization

CBP seeks system to detect traffic congestion

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is looking for innovative technologies to monitor incoming traffic within 10 miles of the border between the United States and Canada.

Modernization

CEOs seek review of government applications

Backers of open-source software want President Barack Obama to require federal agencies to consider how applications purchased by the government are developed.