There’s been plenty of quick action so far to ratchet up the government’s response to the swine flu outbreak. It’s all over the federal government – There are websites from multiple federal agencies. Congress is planning emergency hearings this week on the outbreak and government command centers have been enacted to keep track of andRead… Read more »
The pay gap between male and female federal government employees has closed significantly in the last 20 years as workers have become more alike in education, experience, and the occupations they hold, according to a report to be released today by the Government Accountability Office. Women earned 89 cents for every dollar earned by theirRead… Read more »
Chinese spies may have put chips in US planes.doc
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Hello, I have occasionally found some interesting information that I thought other people in the different parts of the U.S. Gov’t.(Including State/County/Local) & possibly the Business or Education sectors should know about also, such as the Chinese (Civilian &/or Gov’t.) cyber-warfare issues that are coming to light. These IT issues are not limited to exploitationsRead… Read more »
One of the great things about Web 2.0 is the ability to move in almost real time. To respond with changes to changing events. The main page of US Dept of HHS has been redesigned to cover both avian and swine flu. http://www.pandemicflu.gov/index.html Wednesday’s webinar on State and local pandemic planning has changed to coverRead… Read more »
Apologies for errors in advance: @gwynnek: IT & Web leaders push for rewrite of outdated paperwork reduction act rules. Online not = paper! http://ow.ly/3vKK #gov20 (tx @MWEditor) @cdorobek: DorobekInsider.com: Team Obama puts out the help wanted sign for Recovery.gov transparency ideas http://twurl.nl/78oiw4 #gov20 @govloop: New GovLoop Project of Week – Cumberland County and Web 2.0Read… Read more »
I attended Vivek Kundra’s talk at an NVTC break this past Saturday, April 25th. Vivek challenged the audience and the federal government to rethink how to reach the public in their ‘daily digital life’ and to find innovative paths to deliver services. He underlined the importance of the federal government to attract the best ‘humanRead… Read more »
The Obama administration launched a seven-day “high tech roundtable” today to solicit ideas from IT professionals, government contractors, federal employees and other concerned citizens with ideas on how to build and operate Recovery.gov, the economic stimulus-tracking Web site. TheNationalDialogue.org will collect the Recovery.gov ideas between today and May 3. Users can submit their ideas withRead… Read more »