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Problems loom for broadband stimulus
Although $7.2 billion in grants and loans are set for distribution as part of the broadband stimulus plan under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (.pdf), federal agencies have only awarded... Read more...
Open government plans week arrives
Agency open government plans will be unveiled this week. In a Dec 8, 2009 memo, Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag directed agencies to prepare and post online, by April 7, plans... Read more...
Government uses social media for public health
The government has begun to apply Web 2.0 technology to public health, providing information and advice about everything from AIDS and the H1N1 influenza to cholesterol levels and childhood... Read more...
Four agencies flunk stimulus reporting
The Departments of Agriculture, Defense and Homeland Security, as well as the Small Business Administration gave out plenty of stimulus money, but failed to monitor data quality for economic stimulus... Read more...
New plan to get broadband money out
It's one thing to earmark $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus grants. It's another to get the money flowing. After plenty of criticism from applicants and lawmakers that the program isn't getting the... Read more...
Department of Agriculture hopping on social media bandwagon
Social media has penetrated all walks of life, including the agricultural world, so it's no surprise that the Department of Agriculture is joining the ranks of farmers communicating online. Earlier... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: USDA shakeup downgrades CIO, CFO
There's been a management shakeup at the Department of Agriculture, and it directly affects the chief information officer and chief financial officer. The reorganization downgrades the role of the... Read more...
USDA adds social media to online training
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is upgrading its online job training programs to include blogs, wikis and other social media. Stanley Gray, USDA's director of e-training, told Government... Read more...
USDA unit limits browsers to Internet Explorer
The USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service is taking policy into its own hands, banning browsers other than Internet Explorer on its workstations. A memo emailed to CSREES... Read more...
New USDA Rural Tour website
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a Rural Tour to get ideas from people in small towns on how to strengthen rural communities. To go along with the actual tour, the agency is launching... Read more...
