The Food and Drug Administration yesterday launched an innovative performance management system called FDA-TRACK to monitor more than 100 program offices.
The system is designed in line with the President Barack Obama’s commitment to transparency, public participation, and collaboration in the government.
FDA-TRACK measures data from key performance measures established on an annual basis. That data will [...]

In a move signaling the pervasiveness of social media, the Department of Defense has recently allowed service members to use social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter at work.
While DoD monitors individuals’ use, it is also using them to ensure consistency in organizations’ online footprint.
The new policy requires organizations to register their Facebook pages as [...]

The Department of Defense’s first-ever director of media affairs and social media czar has left the Pentagon, Wired reports.
Price B. Floyd, who is also an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, was tapped last year by DoD Secretary Robert M. Gates to improve the way the department communicates and promote the use of Facebook, [...]

Three compilations of historic NASA images have been released on The Commons on Flickr, the results of a collaboration between Flickr , the space agency and the Internet Archive.
NASA is encouraging visitors to The Commons to add tags or keywords to the images to identify objects and people. In addition, viewers [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced the release of  a new HealthCare.gov web tool that makes searching for coverage options even easier than before.
“HealthCare.gov is a valuable resource for small businesses, consumers and their families to search for coverage options and understand the new benefits under the Affordable [...]

Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Cass R. Sunstein, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, last week announced the recipients of The Leading Practices Awards, recognizing agencies that achieved above and beyond the requirements of the Open Government Directive in promoting transparency in the best and most innovative way.
Awards were determined [...]

As part of its continuing efforts to make its findings and recommendations available to a wider audience, the Government Accountability Office has launched a mobile version of its website, making it easier for users to access GAO reports on their smartphones and other small-screen mobile devices.
“People are increasingly using mobile devices [...]

The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday it has established an Office of Native Affairs and Policy to advance its mission of bringing a modern communications infrastructure to Native communities across the nation.
The new office will carry out government-to-government objectives with tribal governments and increased coordination with native organizations and work to promote the implementation of [...]

During an ongoing two-day cybersecurity education workshop at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Defense Department unveiled its national awareness campaign that will be launched during National Cybersecurity Awareness month in October.
The “Stop. Think. Connect.” campaign hopes to make more Americans aware of threats in cyberspace through various multimedia platforms.
“We really are interested [...]

The Federal Communications Commission released a notice earlier this week requesting public comment on the creation of an anticipated FCC plan that looks to address cybersecurity.
The plan, the Cybersecurity Roadmap, seeks to identify vulnerabilities to core Internet protocols and develop solutions in response to cyber threats and attacks.
The Cybersecurity Roadmap was recommended as an initial [...]