Technology

  • The President of the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is in serious condition, but expected to live after an assassination attempt today. One bodyguard and a police officer were killed and three other body guards were seriously wounded. A bomb planted along the road exploded as Yunus-Bek Yevkurov\'s motorcade passed by. He suffered schrapnel wounds to his head and upper torso and is suffering from burns.

    June 22, 2009
  • The Federal Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has a mid-October deadline to complete work on version 2.0 of Recovery.gov. That’s the website that is supposed to give citizens a chance to track federal stimulus spending…

    June 22, 2009
  • The Capitol Building is going green. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi handed the directive to Dan Beard, the Chief Administrative Officer. He started the Green the Capitol project in the cafeteria. But that’s just the beginning.…

    June 22, 2009
  • Chris Dorobek Co-Anchor, Daily Debrief FederalNewsRadio June 22nd, 2009

    June 22, 2009
  • The White House today will launch the third and final part of the Obama transparency and openness initiative where the White House CTO’s office will invite the public to “collaborate on crafting constructive proposals to…

    June 22, 2009
  • Earlier, we told you about an initiative by Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) to crowdsource the redesign of his Web site. But could crowdsouring be used in other areas, like the design of a bus stop.…

    June 22, 2009
  • President Obama has made a top-to-bottom review of cybersecurity throughout the government a priority, and is planning on naming a cybersecurity czar. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is finalizing a plan to stand up a new military cybercommand. But what will these two new jobs really do for protecting the nation\'s cyber infrastructure?

    June 22, 2009
  • The goal is to make collaboration easier. Site open to all of NASA, but piloted at three centers for now.

    June 19, 2009
  • By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor FederalNewsRadio The Recovery, Accountability and Transparency Board is working on the next generation of the Recovery.gov Web site. The site is where the Obama administration is tracking where the stimulus…

    June 19, 2009
  • June 17th, 2009 Technology is making telework easier and less expensive for agencies to deploy. Dan Green, Deputy Associate Director for Employee and Family Support Policy at the Office of Personnel Management, talks about how his agency - and the entire Federal government - is using technology to spread telework faster and deeper into the workforce.

    June 19, 2009
  • The Recovery, Accountability and Transparency (RAT) Board is working on the next generation of the Recovery.gov Web site. This is where the Obama administration is tracking where the stimulus spending is going. The RAT Board…

    June 19, 2009
  • Federal News Radio has been telling you about ‘un-conferences’ — something akin to the Web 2.0 versions of conferences. The latest one comes up this weekend — Privacy Camp. Shaun Dakin is the CEO and…

    June 19, 2009
  • Senate Homeland Security Committee holds confirmation hearings for Tara O\'Toole, President Obama\'s nominee to head up the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. O\'Toole brings a background in medicine and science to the job overseeing the development of technology for the agencies tasked with protecting the nation.

    June 19, 2009
  • For the past few days on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris, we have had an ongoing feature — Women In Government. It has been an opportunity to…

    June 19, 2009

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