The presidential push for transparency in government may provide direction for federal chief information officers’ efforts, but cybersecurity concerns continue to top the list of CIOs’ biggest headaches.
Veterans Affairs officials plan to add social-media style tools to the portal veterans use to access health records, a VA officials said today at the 2010 FOSE conference.
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Paul A. Strassman's recent column—arguing that DOD's social media policy doesn't do enough to address security—sparked a lively debate among readers, many of whom question whether DOD, or government in general, is suited to hosting social media sites.
Former Director of Defense Information Paul Strassmann questions how DOD's new directive, permitting NIPRNet access to the Internet, will work without more explicit security direction.
Contractors will have a chance to play a significant role in the government's move to make data more open to the public and other agencies, which likely will involve cloud computing.
An Israeli soldier was disciplined for revealing details about a planned raid of a Palestinian village on his Facebook page, according to several media reports.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is looking for a contractor to build content management and social networking Web sites in its effort to become more open and transparent.
The Federal Communications Commission is slated to publish its big plan for faster broadband adoption in about three weeks, but that won’t be the only federal government involvement.
A forum that lets the public suggest and vote on the top government IT pros who regularly post on Twitter is a great way to start building your network.
Federal Emergency Management Agency issues a contract request for a media services company that can deliver information from disaster areas via social media and local media news outlets.
