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Intel agencies open up on the web
The Intelligence community is joining the party for greater transparency in government. Although there is plenty of information that is being kept secret, Intel agencies are using the web just like... Read more...
Obama declassifies parts of cybersecurity plan
Howard Schmidt, the federal government's cyberczar, has been on the job for little more than a month, and all signs are there that he is moving swiftly to harness cybersecurity defenses. On Tuesday,... Read more...
HHS posts 36 big health care breaches
Nothing is secret in the federal government, especially not the problems. The Department of Health and Human Services began posting on its website this week a list of organizations that have notified... Read more...
Errors in Recovery.gov reports
Recovery.gov is staying true to its word. The website, designed to follow the transparency of the government's stimulus money, corrected 12 percent of the fourth quarter 2009 reports from recipients... Read more...
Kundra's IT agenda focus will be on 'troubled' projects
Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra outlined for reporters this week where his IT agenda will take the federal government and how it will get there. At the top of his agenda will be to... Read more...
White House adds iTunes app to arsenal
The White House has joined another tech revolution, this one an iTunes app which brings key features of WhiteHouse.gov to mobile platforms, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The app, which... Read more...
Federal agencies meet transparency deadline
The federal government has taken another step on the road to open government. Last Friday, all major agencies were due to have their open government websites online, and the deadline was met. Some... Read more...
Recovery.gov goes into high gear
Recovery.gov has posted new data from recipients of contracts, grants and loans for the quarter ending Dec. 31, showing the public exactly where stimulus money is going. The data includes about... Read more...
Federal Register goes online
It's about to get easier to find a federal regulation. The federal government is putting the complete body of federal rules online dating back to 2007, making it easier for the public to find and... Read more...
Data.gov reaches across the pond
The British have launched their own public version of Data.gov, making a wide range of national statistics available and increasing government transparency, modeled on the U.S. version. White House... Read more...
