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Richard W. Walker

Richard W. Walker is a freelance writer based in Maryland.
Modernization

GAO incorporates new technologies into strategic plan

Advances in technology and the wide-ranging effects of networks and virtualization will influence federal programs during the next five years, the Government Accountability Office reported.

Digital Government

FEMA puts disaster info into hands of smart-phone users

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's new mobile Web site offers information on emergency preparedness, response and assistance via smart phone.

Digital Government

Secrets to social media acceptance revealed

Panelists at the Open Government and Innovations Conference revealed tested strategies for convincing leaders to adop social media tools.

Digital Government

What scares managers about younger workers

The use of social networking tools underscores the generational divide, but crossing that divide will help agencies accomplish their missions, panelists at the 2010 Open Government Innovations Conference say.

Digital Government

Search is dead: Long live 'findability'

Enterprise searches should be dynamic and interactive, speakers said at the 2010 Knowledge Management Conference. NASA Langley Research Center is one example of agencies embracing the virtues of findability.

Digital Government

Knowledge management a key cog in Open Government Initiative

Knowledge management techniques are integral to supporting the government's Open Government initiative and managing the culture change that goes with it, panelists at the Cloud Computing Conference agreed.

Digital Government

Moving to the cloud? You need new skills.

Dan Mintz, former Transportation CIO, told an audience at the Knowledge Mangement Conference that manging Web applications and external cloud providers is different from what agencies are used to.

Digital Government

Rockefeller calls for public-private action on cybersecurity

Sen. Jay Rockefeller's cybersecurity bill would promote shared responsibility between government and industry.