Cybersecurity
CISOs assess the assessors
Government chief information security officers discuss the process and effectiveness of security compliance measures.
Cybersecurity
Automated apps take sweat out of security compliance
New automated tools can help agencies get some of the voluminous security configuration data required under the Federal Information Security Management Act. But the tools aren't a cure-all.
Digital Government
Security Content Automation Protocol backgrounder
A quick guide to the Security Content Automation Protocol, which makes it easier for agencies to continuously verify the security status of their computers.
Modernization
How to measure the maturity of your green IT goals
The Object Management Group is leading a project to develop a Sustainability Assessment Model that organizations can use to gauge their progress in achieving green goals.
Modernization
How green is your data?
The information side of IT — the capture, management and storage of data — provides another candidate for energy-saving initiatives.
People
Is SOA DOA?
Despite reports of service-oriented architecture's demise, government remains steadfast in its support of the component software framework, especially for the Defense Department's network-centric projects.
Modernization
5 pitfalls to avoid with performance management dashboards
Dashboards promise greater visibility into day-to-day agency operations, but poor data and lack of user involvement can spoil projects.
Modernization
Not dead yet
The Radicati Group foresees continued growth in e-mail accounts despite the rise in alternative tools for communication and collaboration, such as blogs and wikis.
Modernization
Web 2.0 on the rise
Market researcher comScore reports big growth in the use of social-networking tools.
Modernization
Farewell to e-mail
Some government agencies are taking a step back from e-mail and evaluating other communication tools such as social networks, collaboration software and Web-based conferencing.
Modernization
Anticipated Web 3.0 jibes with open-government goals
Whereas Web 2.0 is about connecting people through social-networking applications, Web 3.0 will be about connecting information in new ways that people will find more useful and relevant. It'll be a boon for government transparency, but it won't be happening soon.
Modernization
Virtualization: A desktop savings plan
Desktop virtualization aims to lower the costs and increase the security of desktop computers, but agencies must determine which approach — or combination of methods — best suits their needs.
Modernization
Agencies adapt FOIA ops to new requirements
Agencies are using various automated systems to reduce administrative costs and comply with new rules for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Digital Government
Knowledge retention helps agencies retain employees' expertise
Organizations use knowledge-retention programs to capture workplace wisdom and provide mechanisms for sharing expertise learned from retiring workers.
Digital Government
5 secrets of leading-edge technology adopters
Despite the public sector’s reputation as an innovation laggard, there are some government outfits that find that life on the leading edge of technology adoption is the place to be. Their willingness to find and use the latest solutions or existing tools in new ways can give them a jump on delivering benefits to employees and citizens.
Modernization
New tech trends force government to rethink storage strategies
Regulatory compliance requirements, server virtualization, green IT and cloud computing are creating challenges and opportunities for holding the line on enterprise storage costs.
Modernization
Enterprise storage: New storage helpers
Regulatory compliance requirements, server virtualization, green IT and cloud computing are creating challenges and opportunities for holding down enterprise storage costs.
Modernization
Practicing what she preaches
Jen Steele directs the largest telework program in Louisiana state government — and is a teleworker herself.
Cybersecurity
Casting a wide telework net
Tawny Stitely, a management analyst at DISA, can avoid a daily commute as a teleworker for the agency’s manpower, personnel and security office.
Cybersecurity
Trademark attorneys can call it in
Jay Besch is fairly new to telework, but his employer, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has been at it for a quite a while.
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