Labor Department launches its open-gov Web site

Along with making new datasets available to the public, the Labor Department launched its open-government Web site ahead of schedule.

  • By Doug Beizer

Navy CIO Robert Carey talks Web 2.0

The Navy needs Web 2.0 technologies to communicate and collaborate with those outside of the military, says Navy CIO Robert Carey.

  • By Doug Beizer

How-to discussions on Web 2.0 abound on GovLoop

GovLoop discussions about social media include topics such as ‘How to get more public involvement.’

  • By Doug Beizer

Facebook chat to follow State of the Union address

The Obama team will hold a live video discussion featuring top policy officials on the White House Facebook page after the State of the Union.

  • By Doug Beizer

Groundwork is laid to create a transparent government, official says

President Barack Obama’s steps to create a more open government need to be followed up with tangible results in 2010, Sunlight Foundation leader says.

  • By Doug Beizer

White House pushes technology for viewing State of the Union

The White House is making President Obama's first State of the Union address to Congress available in a variety of media.

  • By Doug Beizer

'The Guardian' of government data

On the heels of the United Kingdom's launch of its own version of Data.gov comes a new site developed by The Guardian newspaper that provides access to online government data sites from around the world.

  • By Brian Robinson

Social media provides new ways for agencies to listen

Organizations should use social media to broadcast messages and to listen to what the public has to say, an expert says at Consumer Electronics Show.

  • By Doug Beizer

SAIC infuses VA blood bank with tech support

Science Applications International Corp. will provide technical support to the Veterans Affairs Department under a five-year award that could be worth as much as $14 million.

  • By David Hubler

GovDelivery becomes unit of Internet Capital Group

The investment firm Internet Capital Group has joined with the management team of GovDelivery Inc. to buy out all other shareholders of the company.

  • By David Hubler

White House seeks input on how to share government research

White House officials launched the final phase of a public forum designed to determine how to make data from federally funded research projects available to the public.

  • By Doug Beizer

White House boosts social media apps

Applications built on social media platforms are effective ways to share government information, White House official says.

  • By Doug Beizer

Cloud computing could pave way for open government

Federal agencies might need cloud computing as a way to meet new mandates to share information with the public, experts say. Meanwhile, the Defense Department falls in line with President Barack Obama's directive for open government.

  • By Amber Corrin and Doug Beizer

Open government policy calls for more data, Web sites

White House lays out new data transparancy mandates—with deadlines.

  • By Doug Beizer

NORAD enhances Santa tracking abilities

Old St. Nick is under constant surveillance.

  • By Kathleen Hickey

Facebook plans DC event for application developers

Facebook will hold an event to help software developers create government applications for the social networking site.

  • By Doug Beizer

New contractor database draws fire

Industry and good-government groups criticize a new database that would be used to judge contractors before making awards.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Consumer agency to establish online database

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking setting up a searchable online database and planning eight other IT modernization initiatives.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Unisys to deliver IT services to Silicon Valley city

Unisys Corp. has won a seven-year information technology contract with the city of Santa Clara, Calif., that has an estimated value of $20 million.

  • By David Hubler

Fed IT budgets flatline through 2015

Federal information technology spending by civilian and defense agencies will remain relatively flat through 2015, according to an annual survey by the TechAmerica Foundation.

  • By David Hubler
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