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News of an interactive dashboard for government IT projects surfaced last week, but now it's official. According to The Washington Post , federal CIO Vivek Kundra has unveiled the Web site, which ... More >
Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, says he has plans to "harmonize" certified electronic health records standards within the National Health Informati... More >
FederalComputerWeek reports that the House passed its version of the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act , requiring the Department of Defense to hire an outside group to examine its use and ov... More >
The Government Accountability Office puts the blame on the government's current choice of metrics as the reason why agencies are reporting improved security compliance even while government investi... More >
In an effort to improve state government's transparency, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers will work with the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Admin... More >
According to the Washington Examiner , the administration under Mayor Adrian Fenty routinely destroyed official e-mails . A recent affidavit by Office of the Chief Technology Officer program office... More >
The Sunlight Foundation is not please with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's new reporting guidelines for recipients of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. According... More >
The U.S. and Russia agree that cyberspace is an emerging battleground, but they differ on how to address the growing threat of cyberwar attacks . According to The New York Times , Russia wan... More >
Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Charles Schumer says he plans to introduce legislation that would include requirements that fingerprint records be used to verify the immigration s... More >
The Office of Management and Budget has released new guidance for stimulus-related project reporting , which will go into effect in October. INPUT blogger Deniece Peterson calls the new guid... More >
For citizens interested in how New York City is using money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Mayor's Office of Operations has deployed a NYC Stimulus Tracker tool. Accord... More >
The Housing and Urban Development department will use a geospatial Web tool to allow the public to search and view HUD and USDA projects that are funded by the Recovery Act, reports FederalCompute... More >
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has approved the creation of a U.S. Cyber Command to oversee military cyberspace operations, reports InformationWeek . The command will defend military networks agai... More >
In the next week, federal CIO Vivek Kundra plans to unveil an Internet-based interactive dashboard that will provide details about every major IT project pursued by the federal government. Accordin... More >
The third and final phase of the Open Government Initiative has begun. According to FederalComputerWeek , the Obama administration is asking the public to help draft recommendations for impro... More >
The House and the Senate are offering different answers to President Barack Obama's request to extend the E-Verify program , which employers use to validate the legal status of their employees. Fede... More >
The White House’s Open Government Initiative wants to team up with nonprofit organizations and businesses to offer cash prizes to solve problems , reports FederalComputerWeek . According to ... More >
Virginia lawmakers are looking into the state's $2.3 billion technology outsourcing deal with Northrop Grumman following complaints about poor service and possible cost overruns, reports Informati... More >
A bill that would outlaw health IT products not certified by the Certification Commission for Health IT is being considered by New Jersey lawmakers. According to INPUT , not adhering to the bill wo... More >
Roger Baker, CIO at the Veterans Affairs Department, has a plan to stop IT project failures. According to Nextgov , Baker will soon begin briefing program managers on the Program Management Account... More >
FederalComputerWeek reports that the EPA Business Intelligence and Analytics Center has set up a service that allows other EPA offices to use business intelligence software on a fee-per-user basis ... More >
IT staff in Tacoma, Washington are using "on-demand IT governance" software to automate analysis of which projects can realistically be finished over the course of a month. According to Government... More >
Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra has already made it clear that there will be major improvements in the contracting process . Now Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is offering a little more ins... More >
According to FederalComputerWeek , legislation approved by the House Appropriations Committee would fund several high-tech systems for the Homeland Security Department . The legislation woul... More >
The Obama administration says it will support repealing a 1989 law that taxes personal use of work cell phones , reports Reuters . The law requires workers to pay tax on any personal use of a work ... More >
According to a report from accounting firm Grant Thornton, the consolidation and privatization of data centers in Texas state government has saved $11 million over the past two years, reports Gove... More >
According to FederalComputerWeek , the Office of Naval Research will hand out more than $14.5 million for scientific research that could advance software engineering, networks, critical infrastruc... More >
Several senators, including Daniel Akaka, George Voinovich and Patrick Leahy, have proposed amendments to the controversial Real ID law , reports FederalComputerWeek . Several states have re... More >
The recent security breach that involved the U.S. Government Printing Office Web site that listed all U.S. civilian nuclear sites along with descriptions of their assets and activities illustrates ... More >
Thanks to a recently published operations order, some soldiers will soon be able to access social media sites that have been inadvertently caught in a military-wide ban. According to Inform... More >
In an effort to support worldwide development of IT in governments, IDC has launched a new initiative called "IT for Better Government." According to the press release , IDC believes this initiative... More >
Jeffrey Zients, nominee for deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget and the country's first chief performance officer, blames the many IT project failures in government on poor manage... More >
During the annual Government Health IT Conference held by the Health Information Management and Systems Society, federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said technology vendors can expect to ... More >
Senator Thomas Carper has proposed the Information Technology (IT) Investment Oversight Enhancement and Waste Prevention Act of 2009 to, among other things, "improve the transparency of the status ... More >
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