Oversight
Coalition seeks public's view of government transparency issues
New Web site features questions regarding government oversight, budget issues and homeland security.
Defense
Immigration checks for contract jobs spur debate
Contractors say automated system for confirming the legal status of workers is error-prone.
Oversight
Old tools hamper drug inspections, observers say
A relatively small investment in IT could make oversight far more effective, former agency official tells lawmakers.
Tech
Official defends Pentagon, VA moves toward e-health
Effort is aimed at eventually enabling veterans to visit one Web site and see all the benefits available to them through Defense and VA.
Defense
Panel proposed to balance research, security
Proposal stems from discussions to gauge whether homeland security concerns have prompted policy changes that are altering the nation's ability to attract scientists.
Defense
E-health problems in the military frustrate lawmakers
Defense and VA have ad hoc processes in place if there is an immediate need to provide data on the severely wounded, but those only cover small numbers of patients.
Oversight
Labor union blasts FAA's new navigation approach
Vendor has too much control over the new system, union president argues.
Defense
Internet-based system for federal documents previewed
The Future Digital System to store and distribute information will replace the GPO Access Web site and other Government Printing Office operations.
Oversight
NASA’s role revisited at 50-year mark
Former employee says the agency should look at novel ways to fund its activities and involve the public.
Tech
Satisfaction with agency Web sites remains on plateau
The biggest gap between the private and federal sectors is in the area of search capabilities, analyst says.
News
EPA mapping work aims for more readable data
Call for a computer program that could overlay water-quality data on imagery of the Gulf Coast prompted the agency to upgrade its operations.
Tech
Post-Katrina tech funds prove difficult to track
Spreadsheets show millions of dollars in spending on tech-related products and services, including for software and telecommunications, but the data is not always recent.
Tech
Procurement agency to take telework lead
Goal is to get half of all eligible GSA employees working outside the office once or twice a week within three years.
Defense
NASA researchers balk at background checks
Scientists argue that agencies are violating civil liberties in enforcing a presidential directive that requires background checks of federal workers and contractors.
Tech
HHS secretary pushes new health IT advisory panel
Standards for health technology should be developed outside the political process, Mike Leavitt says.
News
Imaging program to offer natural resources snapshot
The United States has never had a program purely focused on moderate-resolution land-imaging capability.
Tech
Proposal to privatize health IT advisory body spurs debate
Labor and consumer advocacy groups say proposed spin-off would lack accountability and transparency.
Defense
IT, metal industries fighting over proposed Defense rule
Change would let the Pentagon buy commercial ready-made weapons parts without determining if they contain metals produced overseas.
News
Senator claims company not cooperating with audit of GSA contract
Technology firm counters that it has repeatedly offered to meet with Sen. Charles Grassley to discuss both parties’ concerns.
Tech
Government job listings may not reach wide enough
Openings posted on centralized government job search site are not typically searchable through popular engines like Google.
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