From NARA:
NARA has drafted an update to its 2006-2016 Strategic Plan to reflect accomplishments and adjustments to its priorities. This update is in compliance with the requirement in the Government Performance Results Act of 1993 for periodic updates at least every 3 years. We welcome your comments on this draft plan by Wednesday, August 5, [...]
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NARA Draft 2009 Strategic Plan
Kundra to agencies: Get ready for data deluge
From Federal Computer Week:
Agencies need to prepare for an explosion of new data over the next five years that will be created partly because of emerging Web 2.0 technologies, Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, told a conference in Washington.
“This notion of thinking about data in a structured, relational database is dead,” Kundra said [...]
Agencies’ Web applications fail to provide meaningful services
From NextGov:
Federal agencies need to invest in Web development more strategically, creating online services that help meet missions and better serve citizens, according to a report released on by a management consulting firm.
Despite spending enormous sums on automating government practices, progress on electronic government appears to have plateaued, according to the report “E-government 2.0,” published [...]
Bachmann, Poe introduce bill to curb yearly Census survey
From The Hill:
Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) have introduced legislation that would curtail the extent of information collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in a yearly survey.
The bill comes after Bachmann came under fire, even by some Republicans, for vowing not to fill out the legally-mandated Census in 2010 over concerns about [...]
Welcome to IT Dashboard – The Blog!
From the IT Dashboard:
But we can’t simply make this an exercise in federal agency reporting. That is why we started this blog. We want to hear from you about what works and what doesn’t with the site. Is there a more innovative approach that an investment should consider? Does the contract data look incorrect to [...]
Report examines Privacy Implications of Data.Gov
From the Center for Democracy and Technology:
CDT today released a Policy Post discussing privacy implications for the federal data clearinghouse known as data.gov and de-identification considerations for the Open Government Directive. While this initiative signifies a step in the right direction towards a more open and transparent federal government, it must be done in concert [...]
Your Recommendations for Classification Policy
From the White House blog:
Today, the Public Interest Declassification Board held a public meeting to hear your recommendations for revisions of Executive Order 12958, as amended. This was a very productive meeting framed by the conversations occurring here on this Forum. We thank those of you who participated today at the meeting, and [...]
Obama Seeks Input on Classification of Records
From the Washington Post:
President Obama wants your advice on how the government should keep its secrets.
A month ago, he issued a memorandum directing national security advisers to recommend ways to improve the rules by which records are classified and later opened to the public. Starting Monday, tech-savvy citizens as well as federal officials will be [...]
Gibbons calls for school libraries to be made statutory in the UK
From The Bookseller:
A new initiative by the Campaign for the Book, spearheaded by author Alan Gibbons, will call on the government to make school libraries statutory, as is already the case in Scotland.
Gibbons said the initiative will help to galvanise the campaign’s work in support of school libraries. He is gathering signatories for an open [...]
SSA to monitor social media sites
From Federal Computer Week:
Social Security Administration (SSA) officials plan to hire a contractor to monitor what the public is saying about their agency on social media Web sites such as MySpace, Twitter and YouTube, according to a contract request from SSA.
The agency wants to monitor a type of information created and shared by the public [...]