Ideas
GSA Signs Up For OpenID
The General Services Administration has approved universal sign-in applications for use on government Web sites, provided by Equifax, Google and Paypal, that will allow citizens who are securely logged in to one site to instantly and safely switch to another agency site without having to login again.
Ideas
Facebook No Show at Hearing
A senator chastised the social-networking service Facebook on Tuesday for refusing to attend his subcommittee hearing on global Internet freedom, while simultaneously seeking the government's help in resolving Internet blockages overseas.
Digital Government
FCC to propose new video archive in national broadband plan
Video.gov would expand upon Data.gov by archiving agencies' video, information from other branches of government, and allowing public and broadcast media to contribute footage.
Digital Government
Scholars look to increase research on open government
Professors and researchers view President Obama's transparency push as encouraging more studies of the initiative's effects on democracy, policies and public engagement.
Ideas
Called Out For Bad Behavior
Recovery.gov, the Web site tracking progress of the economic stimulus package, is naming names when it comes to stimulus-funded tech companies who have twice failed to report on their spending.
Digital Government
White House says data mining to focus only on government files
In reaction to a discussion of the controversial Total Information Awareness program, administration and security experts say intelligence practices should not include sifting through private records.
Ideas
Office Of Technology Assessment Reboot
Engineers, scientists and at least one lawmaker are pushing like never before to resuscitate a legislative agency that once provided Congress with technological expertise.
Digital Government
Security expert: Obama order resembles controversial Bush-era data-mining tool
Memo issued in January to upgrade IT to integrate databases and correlate information after Christmas Day bombing attempt is similar to a 2002 DARPA project that attracted intense public opposition.
Digital Government
Army division uses IT to gain comprehensive view of finances
Research center got business managers involved in designing a system that tracks costs and performance.
Digital Government
Security must be a consideration as acquisition databases are combined
GSA and IBM, which just won a $74.4 million contract to consolidate nine systems, still need to come up with a plan to protect proprietary information.
Digital Government
EPA Web site paving the way to transparency
Dashboard opens environmental rulemaking to public earlier, provides model for other agencies.
Ideas
IBM to Merge Contracting Systems
The government announced on Thursday that IBM U.S. Federal has won a $74.4 million dollar contract to consolidate disparate systems that track contractor performance. The reconfiguration is intended to make it easier for federal acquisition workers to monitor the purchase of equipment, supplies, information technology and telecommunications services governmentwide, according to the General Services Administration, the agency that awarded the contract.
Digital Government
Reporting rules needed to make open government work
If federal officials are to take full advantage of the economic stimulus spending data, recipients must follow standards for submitting information, geospatial expert says.
Digital Government
Study links online transparency efforts, trust in government
More than 36,000 citizens rate 14 agencies' sites on openness.
Modernization
Google's super-broadband plan could benefit agencies' online efforts
Company officials aren't commenting yet on specific ramifications for government.
Modernization
Budget request addresses some open government costs
White House proposal includes pools of funding to encourage collaboration and innovation.
Digital Government
Open government site hasn't sprouted teeth yet, observers say
White House "dashboard" designed to enforce transparency faces tricky task, supporters acknowledge.
Cybersecurity