Digital Government
The Exercise-Intelligence Link
It's pretty much understood that sitting in front of your computer all day without routine exercise can lead to some unhealthy outcomes. But getting up and walking for, say, just 40 minutes three times a week can not only slim you down, it can actually increase cognition and fight aging.
Digital Government
Got a Deficit? Outsource IT Jobs
Could what is happening in West Virginia (and other states already) be an omen for what could happen for federal information technology workers?
Digital Government
VA Hospital Joins NHIN Test
The Veterans Affairs Department has added its Richard L. Roudebush Medical Center in Indianapolis to a list to test medical data exchange through the Nationwide Health Information Network in partnership with the <a href=http://www.ihie.com/default.php>Indiana Health Information Exchange</a>, the largest health information exchange organization in the United States.
Ideas
Turning On to Social Networking
Older Americans are quickly becoming avid users of social media - something their children are sure to be embarrassed about.
Digital Government
Poor Tech Hampers Applicants
The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and PDRI, a human resources consulting firm, issued a <a href=http://www.govexec.com/pdfs/082610l1.pdf>report</a> on Thursday that "found government does a poor job of evaluating applicants for federal positions," according to an <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45992&dcn=todaysnews>article</a> on Government Executive.
Digital Government
What Will Make Telework a Success?
Government Executive posted on Tuesday the second of a four-part series on telework. The brief article, written by Bill Bransford, general counsel for the Senior Executives Association, is how to convince bosses to give up control and allow eligible employees telework.
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What're Cyber Workers' Salaries?
The SANS Institute, a cybersecurity research and training company in Bethesda, Md., is conducting a survey of how much information security workers make in the federal government. And they want to hear from you, Mr. and Ms. Federal Cyber Employee.
Cybersecurity
Defense Networks Breached in 2008
The <em>Washington Post</em> reported on Wednesday that Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III says in an article to be released today that malicious code on a flash drive inserted in a military computer in 2008 in the Middle East "spread undetected on both classified and unclassified systems."
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Find Your Agency
What are the most popular Web ions on the Web? For a visualization of the top 2 million "favicons," sized by relative popularity of the sites, go <a href=http://nmap.org/favicon/>here</a>. Make sure you use the online viewer to drill down. Zoom in and try to find your federal agency.
Digital Government
'Hi, I'm a Dirty Hospital Bed'
We've all heard of electronic whiteboards used to add a little punch to usually boring presentations, but how about "electronic bed boards" to track the status of hospital beds?
Cybersecurity
Consider Cloud Computing Consequences
As agencies move to cloud computing - accessing basic computing services and applications over the Internet - some unforeseen consequences will occur. The Office of Management and Budget and the CIO Council want to head them off before they become serious.
Cybersecurity
Debate Over State's Cyber Strategy
Michael Ono <a href="http://huffpostfund.org/blog/2010/08/22/cyber-security-state-department-model-or-cautionary-tale">posted a column</a> on Sunday at <em>The Huffington Post</em> citing an April inspector general report criticizing the State Department's alternative cybersecurity practice of continuous monitoring. The process is an alternative to the long reporting cycles required in the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act.
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High Risk List Posted
The Office of Management and Budget just released its <a href="http://it.usaspending.gov/?q=content/highpriority-projects">high-risk list</a> of information technology projects. A full story will be posted later today.
Ideas
White House Throwback Home Page
My colleague Tom Shoop, editor of Government Executive, <a href="http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog/2010/08/open_government_v_10.php">posted</a> in the FedBlog an image of the home page for the White House website circa 1994:
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You Can Teach Old Dogs New Tricks
OK, that's not meant as a dig. But it's a good description of a quick turnaround for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who almost boastingly stated during his 2008 presidential campaign, "I don't e-mail," and then watched his opponent Barack Obama digitally fly past him to claim the presidency. The nearly 74-year-old senator came in at the No. 1 spot among senators in a Digital IQ ranking.
Digital Government
Tweeting Docs
More physicians are starting to log on to Twitter to connect with patients, promote their practices and discuss issues like health care reform. Dr. Howard Luks, an orthopedic surgeon who's chief of sports medicine and arthroscopy at University Orthopedics and Westchester Medical Center north of New York City, is one.
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Intel Has a Good Story with McAfee
Intel Corp.'s announcement that it would by security firm McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion could have an interesting play in the federal information technology market, according to Washington tech analysts. By having a McAfee at your fingertips, Intel can bolster the security in its chips, giving it a leg up in agencies looking for safer PCs, laptops, and wireless devices, some federal IT market watchers say.
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North 'Hermit Kingdom' Korea on Twitter
North Korea <a href=http://twitter.com/uriminzok>is on Twitter</a> and the United States asked the communist country if it was "prepared to allow its citizens to be connected as well?" tweeted <a href=http://twitter.com/pjcrowley>Philip J. Crowley on Tuesday welcomed North Korea</a>, assistant secretary of State for public affairs.
Cybersecurity
US-VISIT Gets First CTO
Chase Garwood, until recently chief information officer for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Homeland Security Department, last week started work as the chief technology officer for US-VISIT (a.k.a. the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program).
Cybersecurity
Photo of the Day
Yes, that's Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security Subcommittee and <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/04/critical_agency_cyber_reports_prod_senate_action.php>author of cybersecurity bills</a>, standing next to a Nerf gun "modified to hold long-range antennas and a computer that can monitor data sent over wireless networks."
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