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Modernization
Intelligence agencies seek crystal ball
The Open Source Indicators Program would extract and analyze public data to reveal patterns that precede global upheavals and generate warnings of such events.
Modernization
Android risk of cyber crime is growing fast
Malware targeting the Android smart phone is proliferating rapidly, security firm reports.
Modernization
Cloud efforts to get 25 percent of IT spending
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra's Federal Cloud Computing Strategy calls for 25 percent of federal IT spending to go to the cloud, with data center consolidation helping to pay for it.
People
States face IT worker shortage; cost-cutting measures partly to blame
States are facing critical shortages of IT workers, made worse by furloughs, hiring freezes and stagnant salaries -- similar to measures that are in effect or proposed for feds.
Digital Government
Geospatial data management refined
The OMB has issued supplemental guidance to improve the management of geospatial data
Digital Government
Army sets up central medical care site for wounded warriors
A new website is geared toward helping soldiers and veterans who need complex medical care to navigate all the available information on benefits and other resources.
Digital Government
GSA employee's error exposes entire staff to potential identity theft
A GSA employee's error has exposed the Social Security numbers of everyone in the agency.
People
Federal vs. private pay: The latest take on who makes more
A new government report shows that federal workers make an average of 2.1 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector.
Digital Government
FBI's new website has more than just the facts
The new design, based on user feedback, includes a simplified home page, easier navigation, a new search engine and even a "Fun & Games" section.
Digital Government
BSA debuts asset management standard
A trade group has developed a certification program that will help agency managers keep cloud operations and software management humming.
Digital Government
Army tests electronic, updatable manuals for the field
The Army is testing a variety of applications and devices, including a Kindle, six iPads and an Entourage Edge, as potential platforms for battlefield systems manuals.
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Digital Government
Sewer-band Internet could come to your town
Quincy, Ill., tests the sewers for providing Internet service. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.
Digital Government
Mobile relay system takes air combat training to sea
New mobile technology for the Navy and Marine Corps makes the TCTS air combat training system "rangeless," allowing for advanced training over water.
Digital Government
DHS to combine databases for immigration management
A new Homeland Security Department system will combine data from multiple databases to detect fraud more readily and respond to information requests more quickly.
Digital Government
TSA may have a solution for virtual-striptease body scans
Privacy concerns regarding full-body scanners in airports may be put to rest, if a new technology now being tested proves effective.
Digital Government
Former New Orleans mayor wasted money with outsourcing, IG says
Inspector general faults former Mayor Ray Nagin for outsourcing technology that increased the costs of recovery after Hurricane Katrina.
Digital Government
Which state is the first deploy a mass mobile alerting system?
The new system – which sends text messages to mobile phones - can target specific geographic areas, which could be as large as a city or as small as a few blocks.
Digital Government
Billions expected for cybersecurity research
The deputy director of national intelligence for acquisition and technology told a recent cybersecurity connference that her office and the White House Office of Science and Technology plan a multibillion dollar research project on cybersecurity.
Digital Government
Sexting case outcome changes the rules on workplace privacy
Supreme Court rules that government employers can look at private messages on employer-owned equipment, as long as they have a legitimate reason to do so.
Digital Government
Cyberattacks are biggest fear, survey shows
A survey of more than 250 government and industry IT professionals found that the majority of respondents believe cyberattacks are the top threat to U.S. national security. The findings differ from similar surveys of government and private-sector experts
