People
White House moves on open government
Officials plan to use White House blogs to discuss recommendations on how to make government more open and transparent.
People
Open Government Dialogue's greatest hits
Here is a selection of the top-rated ideas proposed through the Open Government Dialogue for making government operations and information more transparent.
Modernization
Report provides open government suggestions
A report by the National Academy of Public Administration looks at suggestions on how the federal government can be more transparent.
People
Conversation turns ugly at the Open Government Dialogue
Some participants are up in arms after some anti-Obama posts disappeared from the Web site.
Cybersecurity
Nominee: DHS won't lose cybersecurity authority
Rand Beers, the nominee to lead the DHS unit that oversees cybersecurity, said he has been told the department won't lose its authority in that area.
Cybersecurity
Napolitano names senior cybersecurity officials
Philip Reitinger, deputy undersecretary of DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate, will also lead the National Cybersecurity Center.
People
New federal CTO sets early agenda
Aneesh Chopra said he would seek to support the president’s priorities through so-called innovation platforms, such as crowd sourcing.
People
Open Government Dialogue: The E.T. connection
The Obama administration has received more than 1,400 ideas for how to make government more transparent, with some suggestions more serious than others.
Cybersecurity
New cybersecurity coordinator faces complicated road
Of the major goals laid out in the Cyberspace Policy Review, creating an effective information sharing and incident response capability across government and the private sector presents some of the greatest technological challenges and trickiest policy minefields.
Modernization
Kundra: Government must tap into Web 2.0's potential
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, speaking at the American Council of Technology and Industry Advisory Council's Management of Change Conference, said the government must tap Web 2.0's dynamic functionality.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers praise Obama on cybersecurity approach
President Barack Obama’s plans to improve cybersecurity received positive reviews from several senior lawmakers on Friday.
Cybersecurity
Obama action plan calls for cybersecurity coordinator
President Obama will appoint a cybersecurity coordinator who will anchor a suite of initiatives recommended in the findings of the 60-day review of the nation’s cybersecurity posture.
Cybersecurity
Obama unveils new cybersecurity strategy
President Obama today said his administration would take “a new comprehensive approach” to cybersecurity and establish a new office in the White House to coordinate government efforts.
Modernization
Obama directs review of data classifications
President Barack Obama has directed a review of how the government classifies information and how it handles sensitive but unclassified data.
Modernization
Online forum slow for Regulations.gov
A federal Web site created to collect ideas for improving Regulations.gov is getting off to a relatively slow start.
People
Transparency begins at home, fed says
One fed suggests that the Obama administration should ensure that government operations are more transparent to government employees.
People
Chopra becomes federal CTO
The Senate has confirmed Aneesh Chopra as federal chief technology officer.
People
White House starts transparency Web site
The White House today started operating its Open Government Initiative Web site.
Digital Government
Feds launch Data.gov today
The Obama administration today got the Data.gov Web site up and running. It offers federal databases to the public.
People