Ideas
OGOV Compliance Site Launches
Over the weekend, the White House quietly launched a new Web site aimed at tracking agency compliance with an open government directive released in December.
Cybersecurity
As NASA shifts priorities, officials need to keep eye on cybersecurity
Some security professionals fear the space agency could rely on open communications as part of its pursuit of new programs that include automated rocket technologies.
Digital Government
Reps. like Obama's tech proposals to track health quality, fraud
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid budget calls for $110 million to overhaul data systems and $561 million to scrutinize claims for suspicious patterns that could point to illegal activity.
Ideas
GAO: NASA IT Security Needs Attention
NASA, already in the spotlight for a budget that scraps plans to return to the moon, received more negative publicity from federal auditors on Wednesday about ongoing information security problems.
Digital Government
VA tests online score card for IT projects
Site is designed to add more detail on status of projects in governmentwide IT dashboard.
Ideas
$50 Million Budget for Integrated E-Gov
President Obama reinforced his call to modernize government by asking Congress to spend tens of millions of dollars over three years on governmentwide innovations.
Ideas
VA Launches IT Project Policing Site
The Veterans Affairs Department has test-launched a Web site that details the performance of information technology projects summarized on the federal IT Dashboard site, which tracks the progress of IT investments governmentwide.
Digital Government
OPM kills plan to stop using SSNs as government employee identifiers
Agency and insurers said the proposal would have required them to create alternative federal IDs for a large number of internal and external databases.
Modernization
Labor moves financial system online to tighten key operations
New framework offers Web access to disparate systems, including travel, grants and procurement.
Ideas
Labor Moves to the Cloud
The Labor Department has moved its entire financial system to what an agency contractor describes as a cloud-based application, the contractor, Global Computer Enterprises, announced on Thursday.
Digital Government
White House bars agencies from posting some statistics
Privacy and other concerns prompt administration officials to pull several submissions to the transparency Web site Data.gov.
Digital Government
FBI aging technique led to bin Laden mug mixup, IT professor says
New technology that uses physics, science of plastic surgery and computer graphics portrays how a person naturally ages, providing a more accurate portrayal.
Digital Government
Consumers are at the heart of IT efforts, top official says
E-health records, smart meters to measure energy consumption and open government initiatives will help citizens make better choices, Chopra tells conference.
Ideas
Data on Data.gov Disappears
New downloadable statistics that agencies posted online on Jan. 22 disappeared on Monday, according to a government Web site tracking department participation. Agencies uploaded almost 300 new data sets on Friday, as required by the open government directive.
Digital Government
VA employees return to complaint filed against suspended e-learning system
Office of Special Counsel tells whistleblowers it could investigate if it had evidence the department is still paying the contractor to develop the halted project
Ideas
U.S. National Brand: Oppose Censorship
After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new commitment to undoing foreign online censorship, U.S. tech vendors pledged support on the condition that State's moves do not harm domestic business.
Modernization
One year in, resistance to open government memo lingers
White House has accomplished unparalleled disclosure online despite implementation challenges, former and current feds say.
Digital Government
Bulk of FederalReporting.gov funds go to IT help desk
Changes regarding calculation of jobs and other data entry requirements are affecting stimulus recipients' ability to submit timely reports, says Recovery Board chairman.
Ideas
System Preserves E-Mail, 'Berry Messages
The administration on Friday disclosed the mechanics of how it is preserving unclassified White House emails, including BlackBerry messages, in response to a settlement between the nonprofit National Security Archive and the Executive Office of the President.
Digital Government