Digital Government

How safe will you be with Obama's 'trusted' identity solution?

Readers aren't sold on the administration's plan to abandon passwords for trusted digital identities, citing fears of identity theft or government snooping.

Cybersecurity

Interior catches flak for breach disclosure

Critics say the Interior Department was overly cautious when it disclosed the loss of an encrypted CD containing personally identifiable information of about 7,500 federal employees.

People

Sexting case chills workplace privacy

The majority of our readers appear to agree with the Supreme Court that you can’t expect any messages you send on employer-issued equipment to be private.

Digital Government

Sexting case draws reader fire

Should your workplace communications be private? Our readers sound off.

Digital Government

Sexting is just the start of workplace privacy concerns

Our readers like the Supreme Court's ruling in a California sexting case. But there are other issues to consider.

Digital Government

Sexting case outcome changes the rules on workplace privacy

Supreme Court rules that government employers can look at private messages on employer-owned equipment, as long as they have a legitimate reason to do so.

Digital Government

Florida site catches what the Census missed

The cloud-based platform will become a redistricting tool next year, using Census data collected this year.

Digital Government

Texas city tests two-way emergency comm platform

The City of Manor, Texas, is deploying a pilot platform designed to deliver location-specific alerts to residents during a crisis and allow them to send information back to emergency responders via smart phones.

Digital Government

How Web-based technologies are reinventing government services

Web-based technologies on display at the Gov 2.0 Conference are helping governments across the globe serve citizens more effectively.

Cybersecurity

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Digital Government

NY turns $10 million investment into $1 billion in savings

The N.Y. State Department of Taxation and Finance is enjoying big savings as a result of its work with IBM in creating tools to help automate audit and collection.

Digital Government

Tax evaders beware: NY state has an app for that

A 10-year collaboration between IBM and the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has produced analytical tools to help with auditing returns and collecting delinquent taxes.

Digital Government

Cloud computing and the changing role of the CIO

Will cloud computing make the role of the information technology department and chief information officer obsolete? If not, it will sure change the roles.

Digital Government

Regulators, first responders square off for a piece of the 'D Block'

First responder groups, regulators and members of Congress are at odds over how to create a next-generation broadband network for public safety.

Modernization

Geo-spill: Tracking the oil muck by GIS

State and federal officials are using a program from the Homeland Security Department to share geospatial data about the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico.

Digital Government

HHS to make grants for prescription monitoring systems

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration will make grants to help states set up and improve prescription monitoring programs for controlled substances.

Digital Government

Maryland governor earns IT award

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers awards Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley with the association's 2010 National Technology Champion Award.

Modernization

IG questions SSA's data center siting process

The SSA's Inspector General knocks agency's process for choosing a location for its new $800M data center.

Acquisition

HHS awards $267M for health IT regional centers

The Health and Human Services Department funds centers designed to help doctors and rural hospitals use health IT.