Digital Government
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The federal CIO said he\'s not concerned that the administration\'s cloud initiative will fall victim to the same types of roadblocks lawmakers set out for e-government seven years ago. VanRoekel said members of Congress need data on the value cloud computing brings. He also said vendor management organizations and mobile computing are among his short term priorities.
January 19, 2012 -
Gadi Ben-Yehuda, the social media director for the IBM Center for the Business of Government, is leading a social media course for the General Services Administration. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to provide a preview of the course.
January 18, 2012 -
Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing with David Blankenhorn, the chief cloud technologist at DLT Solutions. January 17, 2012
January 17, 2012 -
Kay Sears, president of Intelsat General Corporation, will talk about how the federal communications marketplace is changing. January 17, 2012
January 17, 2012 -
Darren Ash, the chief information officer of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, helped Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel present more details on the federal mobile stragegy. Ash joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the conversation.
January 13, 2012 -
Federal employees who respond to Freedom of Information Act requests got their first look today at a new web portal designed to improve efficiency and transparency. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Commerce Department and the National Archives and Records Administration are basing the portal on Regulations.gov.
January 12, 2012 -
Social media has fundamentally changed the way people communicate — and that includes how the State Department communicates with foreign countries. Dubbed 21st Century Statecraft, the use of digital tools is a way for State to engage with other countries\' government, listen to foreign citizens and promote national interests abroad.
January 12, 2012 -
Host John Gilroy will talk cloud computing with Tony Bardo, assitant vice president for Government Solutions at Hughes. January 10, 2012
January 10, 2012 -
Every individual VA hospital now has its own page as part of the department\'s expanding social media presence. Brandon Friedman, VA\'s director of online communications, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the new, personalized social media initiative.
January 06, 2012 -
Steve Vinsik, vice president and partner, Global Security Solutions for Unisys Corporation, joins host John Gilroy to talk about biometrics, border protection, air cargo, and telework. January 3, 2012
January 03, 2012 -
The Federal Communications Commission launched a website this month that allows users to create a personalized dashboard to more easily access information.
December 26, 2011 -
Kathleen S. Tighe, the inspector general of the Department of education, will succeed Earl Devaney as chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. She will oversee the board\'s final 21 months, as Recovery process winds down.
December 26, 2011 -
New report from the .gov Reform Task Force shows agencies run more than 440 inactive websites, few measure performance consistently and there are few standards for how to design the sites. In the survey of the 56 largest agencies, the task force found Treasury has the most domains and NASA has the most public facing websites.
December 20, 2011 -
The latest version of the minibus spending bill for fiscal 2012 includes a $4.4 million increase for the E-Government Fund.
December 15, 2011 -
John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation talks about his organization\'s review of the Open Government Directive. How well have agencies complied with mandate?
December 14, 2011