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When members of Congress weigh in on cybersecurity, do they know what they\'re talking about? How about the use of technology in government? Some of the top names in the federal government on both these topics were questioned on Congressional expertise by Federal News Radio during recent conferences and news events.
October 12, 2009 -
We reported earlier about the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s decision to shut down the Web based e-mail system that was one of the intel community’s Intellipedia collaboration suite of tools. I am…
October 08, 2009 -
It is a story that has been generating a lot of buzz — I have been trying to nail it down for a few days — and I give a lot of credit to MarcAmbinder,…
October 07, 2009 -
Hughes Network Systems is trying to help the federal government increase its telework presence. They’re working with federal agencies, like the Office of Personnel Management, to provide a secure broadband service in the hopes of…
October 06, 2009 -
Two names in the government IT community have found new homes. Charles “Chuck” Christopherson Jr., the former chief information officer and chief financial officer at the Agriculture Department, has joined SAP as senior vice president…
October 06, 2009 -
EDITOR’S NOTE: This item was updated with a correction on Oct. 7, 2009 at 9:25a ET. We told you about those scandalous IG reports on the Department of Veterans Affairs CIO organization that showed former…
October 06, 2009 -
The buzz around town for the past few days is the announcement that GovLoop, the “Facebook for feds,” has a new home — with GovDelivery, a Minnesota-based company that specializes in helping agencies communicate with…
October 05, 2009 -
The DorobekInsider told you that Daniel I. Gordon would be nominated as the administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy — and soon — and it is now official. UPDATE: Hear Harvard Kennedy School…
October 02, 2009 -
New group is developing performance measures that are based on outcomes. OMB has set a November deadline for a draft of the metrics that will be reviewed by government and industry. DHS says the governmentwide focus to improve cybersecurity is on standards, metrics and authentication.
October 02, 2009 -
The DorobekInsider told you first this week that the White House was going to announce — soon — that Daniel Gordon [PDF], the deputy general counsel for the Government Accountability Office, would be nominated to…
October 02, 2009 -
There still are two more weeks to send ideas to OMB to win the SAVE Award. OMB also is kicking off a physical fitness challenge to its employees to see who walks the most. The winner will have lunch with Director Orszag.
October 01, 2009 -
New document outlines best practices, ideas and what to avoid when deploying 2.0 tools at your agency.
September 29, 2009 -
There has been all sorts of talk about Web 2.0 and security, and the Defense Department is on the front lines of that discussion. We are expected the DoD policy on these Web 2.0 tools…
September 29, 2009 -
There is a growing mini-debate going on among the gov 2.0 community: Is it “social media” or is it… something else. There are options, but… first off, why should be the term “social media” be…
September 28, 2009 -
The FBI continues to investigate the death of 51-year-old Census field worker William Sparkman. Investigators say his body was found hanging from a tree in rural Kentucky September 12th with the word “fed” scrawled on…
September 25, 2009