People

VHA flunks medical school contract management, IG says

The Veterans Health Administration has problems with implementing a 2006 directive to improve its contracting with affiliated medical schools and teaching hospitals, according to a new report.

Digital Government

VA gets ready for iPhones and iPads

Roger Baker, CIO of the Veterans Affairs Department, said the department is getting ready to open wired and wireless networks to iPads and iPhones by Oct. 1.

Modernization

Kundra explains cost-cutting for 24,000 fed websites

The White House plan to cut waste in the 24,000 federal websites has more ambitious goals of improving efficiency and service, according to Federal CIO Vivek Kundra.

Digital Government

CMS' antifraud systems are underused, GAO says

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services installed two anti-fraud systems in 2006, but neither is fully functioning as intended, a report says.

Modernization

Archives wants Wikipedia volunteers to help digitize documents

The National Archives and Records Administration wants help from Wikipedia-savvy volunteers to help prepare important digital documents for online access.

Digital Government

Clinton kicks off open-government partnership

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton introduced a partnership to use technology to foster transparent information and government spending accountability.

People

White House Twitter Town Hall offers lessons

It's been almost a week since the White House's first Twitter Town Hall and the online discussion of what went right and what went wrong continues.

Modernization

SSA lags in moving statements online: official

Most workers won't get personal statements from the Social Security Administration this year, and there is no schedule for moving the statements online, a GAO official said.

Digital Government

Senate gives VA full IT budget; House offers less

The House and Senate disagree on VA's IT budget for fiscal 2012.

Digital Government

NASA, DOJ take hits in fiscal 2012 budget package

The House Appropriations Committee took scissors to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope program and reduced state and local grant programs run by the Justice Department in its fiscal 2012 budget package.

People

National Archives reveals its social media hits and misses

The National Archives and Records Administration has released its most recent data on social media traffic showing viewership trends for Flickr, YouTube, Facebook and other popular sites.

People

More federal agencies blog on Tumblr

Tumblr is growing in popularity as a blogging platform for federal agencies, and a Tumblr executive explains why.

People

Online influence: How does your agency rate?

President Barack Obama leads in online influence, but federal agencies and other executives vary in their online clout scores, according to the Klout.com index.

Digital Government

Hurricane center cautiously tests social media waters

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is on Facebook and Twitter for the first time during the 2011 storm season, but don't look for big changes.

Acquisition

Congress stretches deadline for DOD task order protests; civilian jurisdiction unclear

A new Federal Register notice on a new acquisition rule regarding task-order protests has reignited the debate on jurisdiction over civilian protests.

Acquisition

VA hopes to transform IT systems with T4 contract

The Veterans Affairs Department laid out several goals for its ambitious $12 billion "T4" IT acquisitions contract.

People

Agencies, industry seek answers to mobile puzzle

Federal executives, vendors and other interested parties can join crowdsourcing discussions online about federal mobile computing.

Digital Government

VA to open network to popular mobile devices

The Veterans Affairs Department plans to allow employees to use mobile devices on VA networks by Oct. 1, CIO Roger Baker announced.

People

White House to hold Twitter Town Hall

The White House will hold Twitter Town Hall that will combine a live Q&A session online with the president and tweeted questions from the public.

People

How to engage your online audiences

The Health and Human Services Department's new media team shares its lessons learned with other agencies.