He was the first federal CIO to host a public blog. Now Robert Carey’s embrace of social media within government has come to be viewed as a potential model for other agencies to follow. We had the opportunity to sit down with Carey and discuss his personal motto, the Navy’s Cyber Security Education Mission, what [...]

Howard Schmidt made his first public comments since his appointment as the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator at the annual State of the Net conference yesterday, saying “The president has been clear in designating me his lead officer” for government cybersecurity. The event was hosted in Washington by the Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus.
Schmidt [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a new national air quality standard for the gas nitrogen dioxide. The goal of the new standard is to protect millions of Americans from exposure to this gas, which has been linked to harming the respiratory system.
“This new one-hour standard is designed to protect the air we [...]

Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced a National Summit on Healthcare Fraud to be held at the Natcher Conference Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. This is the latest initiative of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), [...]

On Tuesday, the Department of Transportation put a ban on texting while driving for commercial truck drivers and bus drivers – the first time a federal agency has taken action in this matter. The fine will be steep: up to $2,750.
So far 19 states have banned texting while driving all together. Now the federal government [...]

Peter Tseronis serves as U.S. Department of Energy’s deputy associate chief information officer. His primary responsibilities include providing strategic leadership, direction, and advising on IT-related issues. Tseronis also is chairman of the Federal Cloud Computing Advisory Council.
Prior to his position at DOE, Tseronis served for eight years as chief technology officer and director of network [...]

Smart Grid Anaysis, NanoMarkets’ group focused on the analyzing emerging market and technology opportunities within Smart Grids, has issued a new report on the future development of the market.
The report finds that there will likely be a slowdown in the future due to government regulation.  While the government is currently investing money into the program, [...]