Modernization
GSA launches revamped contract for cloud computing
Procurement increases security standards while offering similar services.
Digital Government
Complex Networx contract causes more work, delays for acquisition staffs
Contract's complexity and limited staff resources hinder progress, experts say.
Digital Government
Lawmaker questions data error in a Census Bureau report on states' finances
Mistake underscores government's need to shift to a widely used programming language to improve accuracy, analyst says.
Digital Government
Email Your Doc, 24/7
Parents increasingly are asking for greater access to their children's pediatricians through email and other online means of communication, according to a new survey.
Ideas
Hello World, Meet the United States
Federal agencies are all over the social media craze, using Twitter, Facebook and other tools to connect with the American public. But what if an agency has a different audience? Do the same strategies apply?
Cybersecurity
Comms to Cyber In 2 Weeks Flat
The U.S. Air Force is shifting 3,000 communications officers to become cybersecurity specialists with a series of new training and simulation courses, following the transition of 27,000 enlisted airman late last year.
Digital Government
Overhaul of Medicare websites focuses on transparency, usability
Agency awards $73.2 million contract for upgrades to incorporate user feedback.
Digital Government
Oh Yeah . . . the Patient
There's a lot of talk swirling about the pros and cons of e-health records. Will they affect cost? Will they improve safety? How feasible are they? But few ever thought to ask those most affected by this technology: the patient.
Ideas
Web Design Done Well
Nextgov <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/04/web_design_duds.php>wrote</a> a few weeks back about the best and worst of government websites. Now one more organization has jumped on the improvement bandwagon: The Federal Judiciary, home of the U.S. Courts, on Saturday launched a <a href=http://www.uscourts.gov/Home.aspx>redesigned website</a> complete with additional tools and a whole new look.
Digital Government
FHA looks for IT help to fight fraud in mortgage business
An increase in applications and claims has put pressure on the agency to streamline databases to better detect fraud.
Cybersecurity
White House asks public for game changing cybersecurity ideas
Obama administration lays out three areas to improve the reliability of cyberspace.
Ideas
MiLand, Your Land
Virtual worlds may be the way of the future, but government isn't quite ready to cede its methods to this particular technology.
Ideas
Virtual Worlds -- Virtually?
Today I'm covering the <a href=http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/fcvw/fcvw10/index.html>Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds conference</a> here in Washington. Sure, it's being held just a few miles away from Nextgov's offices, but I decided to try attending the conference about virtual worlds virtually. I had high expectations for this experience -- after all, isn't Second Life, one of the more widely used platforms for virtual interaction, cool?
Digital Government
Federal contract spending to drop next year, but IT business should rise
Agencies will spend more on e-health records, performance management tools and consolidation, report finds.
Ideas
Transparency in Hiring Reform?
The long-awaited reform of federal hiring procedures is finally underway, and the public soon may be able to follow the government's progress in deploying new practices.
Cybersecurity
FCC Building Cyber Certification
The Federal Communications Commission wants communications services providers to take a more serious approach to cybersecurity and is building a voluntary program to certify companies' practices.
Cybersecurity
Feds Failing File Transfer Test
Federal agencies are concerned about securely moving data from one system to another, but employees still are using unsafe transfer methods and leaving systems open to threats, according to a new <a href=http://www.meritalk.com/2010-ftpsecurityreport.php>survey</a>[registration required] from Meritalk and Axway, a security solutions provider.
Digital Government
Electronic waste recycling program falls short of lawmaker's expectations
Federal contractors don't conform to standards for the safe disposal of old computers, oversight panel chairman says.
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