Government information technology news
From Govit
The following pages contain news on a variety of topics that are relevant to government and information technology.
Latest presidential election polls
Market Research
- GovITwiki's research section - gov IT research reports from major analyst firms
Federal Register
- This week's Federal Register notices. Plus our subsections for each agency's notices
Security Issues
- Latest US CERT alerts
- NIST security
- Internet Computer Crime Center Alerts
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Press Releases
- Computer Business Review Security News - Europe focus
Federal CIO Council & Chief Acquisition Officers
- Federal CIO Council latest news
- Latest News from the Federal Chief Acquisition Officer's Council
- General CIO news from CIO Insight (Ziff Davis)
- SearchCIO - Analysis and Commentary
- Federal CIO news from popular blogs
Best Practices
- BuildSecurityIn Articles - events and best practices - Gov IT security
- Legal Services Corporation Updates (Civic legal aid group, sponsored by Congress)
- Latest advice and updates from Government Usability Labs
- Mitigation best practices from FEMA
- Intelligent transportation systems - lessons learned from the Transportation Department's ITs group
- Supply chain best practices - SCMR magazine - mix of gov and commercial practices
- IT-Wireless best practices
- Technology for non-profit organizations: how to do more with less from Wild Apricot
- IT best practices from FierceCIO
- ASP.net best practices from Donny Mack
- Microsoft development - recommended practices
IT Governance
- Recent articles on Information Systems Management
- New public policy and government news from Business Wire
- News from Regulations.gov- covers all types of regulations, not just information technology
- Articles from Computer, a publication of the IEEE Computer Society
- IEEE Computer Society articles on Internet Computing
- Risk management tracking and news from LexisNexis
Procurement News
- News from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (includes procurement).
- Gov contracting best practices from ONVIA
- Government IT procurement news from popular blogs
Publications and Websites Focusing on Gov IT
- Latest articles from Federal Computer Week
- Latest articles from Government Executive
- ExecutiveBiz Blog - Greater Washington
- Articles from Onvia - government contracting best practices
- Other recent government IT news articles
- Latest articles from GovernmentVAR
- Articles on Government procurement from GovPro
- Latest articles from Military Information Technology
- New articles from IT Reseller magazine
- Latest technology news
- Potomac ExecutiveBiz Weekly news
- Potomac ExecutiveBiz executive interviews
- Government news from Computerworld magazine
- News from Technocrat.net - international tech, computer and data info with a focus on governments, energy and natural resources
- Latest posts from E-Government News.org
- Latest Articles from NextGov - The online home for federal IT
- Leadership articles from GovLeaders.org
- Articles from Government Leadership magazine
Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- DHS News
- Additional Homeland Security News
- Critical Infrastructure Protection Infograms
- Latest news from TSA
- News, spotlights and situation updates from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Treasury News
- News from the Financial Management Service Provides payment services to federal agencies
Defense
- Latest Defense News
- Latest Defense Contracts
- Latest Army Press Releases
- DOD Bloggers Roundtable (internal blogs)
- Defense and Aerospace press releases
- Latest News from Military Periscope (commercial site)
- Latest Defense News from FedTech
- Defense Review - Newest Articles
- New Defense-related announcements on Business Wire
- Aerospace and Defense News Releases from PR Leap
Government and technology research reports
- Recent Congressional Research Service Reports
- Recent Reports from the Center for Democracy & Technology
- U.S. Copyright Office - Current Legislation
- National Science Foundation Program Announcements
- News from the Government Innovators Network
- Recent reports from the Federation of American Scientists
- Recent reports from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library Health, terrorism and security issues
- Recent reports from the Library of Congress on digital content preservation
- Details on the 2010 Census - U.S. Census Bureau
- Latest Census Bureau reports Note, it takes months or years to aggregate some data sets
- beSpacific's latest articles on government technology and legal issues (Yes, that's how they spell their name!)
Technology Specific
Office of Management and Budget
- OMB News Releases
- OMB Memoranda
- OMB Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) (These are position statements on pending legislation)
- OMB Budget Supplementals and and Amendments
Government Accountability Office
General Services Administration
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Geographic Information Systems
Legislation
- Recent Internet legislation
- Recent communications legislation
- U.S. Budget legislation
- This week in Congress
- See all recent Congressional votes
- Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - U.S. Congress
- News from the Committee on Homeland Security - Republican Congressional Group
- List of upcoming Congressional committee meetings
- The Gavel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's blog
- News from various Congressmen and Senators - with a tech focus
- Latest 10 Documents from the Congressional Budget Office
- Cost estimates associated with recent congressional bills from the Congressional Budget Office
- Latest publications from the Congressional Budget Office
Health Information
- Latest News from the National Resource Center for Health Information Technology
- New updates on Medicare.gov
- Latest Web Content from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Justice Department
Energy Department
- DOE Press Releases page
Government Publications
- Latest from GPO Access at the Government Printing Office
- General government press releases
- U.S. executive branch news
- What's new at the Office of Personnel Management? (U.S. federal)
- European government news
- News and Updates from the Federal Depository Library
- Reports with statistics on government offices and workers from the U.S. Census Bureau
- Reports with population demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau
- Reports from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
General technology news
- Latest news from the Software Engineering Institute
- Tech articles from Reuters
- IT Management Issues - Stories from eWeek
- PC-related Stories from PCWorld magazine (Page also contains links to PC Magazine stories)
- Tech news from cNet
- Tech articles from The Wall Street Journal
- Tech articles from Financial Times
- Tech articles from Baseline
- Latest news from GreenerComputing.com
- A range of technology headlines from top news sources (via FeedsFarm)
- The Federal Trade Commission's alternative fuels news, known as The Gasoline Column
- New technology announcements from Business Wire - press releases from multiple companies
- System i / iSeries General Technical Discussion Mailing List - if you're still a fan (or at least a user/developer) of older mid-range systems. Includes IBM's System i5 / iSeries / AS400 computers
Reseller Channel News
Software News
Internet and IPv6 News
- Internet articles from Reuters
- ICANNWatch news stories - News about the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- ICANN's news feed - Read their side of the story
- Internet Computer Crime Center Alerts
- IPv6 articles from Go6 the IPv6 portal
- News Articles from IPv6Style
- News from the IPv6 Main Portal
- IPv6 articles from FedTech
- Latest entries and news from the Internet2 wiki
Open Source News
- News from the Government Open Code Collaborative - GOCC.gov
- Current open source and Linux news from Linux.com
- MeriTalk open source Articles
- Reviews of open source solutions reviews from Technetra
- Open source blog from CBR - Europe
- Aggregated open source news from multiple resources
- Press releases from Oasis - government open source
- Open source news releases from PR Leap
General government/political News
- Congressional Quarterly News
- Political articles from Reuters
- News from FedSmith.com focusing on Fed Agency news items
- U.S. Political articles from Financial Times
- Political articles and videos from CBS News
- Background info on government topics from AllBusiness.com
- Government Usability Labs - Web site practices
- Background articles on gov topics from AllBusiness.com
- World news stories from WikiNews
- U.S. politics and political columns from Congoo
Government (or Government-related) Jobs
- Washington DC-area tech jobs from Dice.com
- Washington DC area Gov jobs postings - from Craigslist
- Northern Virginia area Gov jobs postings - from Craigslist
- Maryland suburbs - Gov jobs postings - from Craigslist
- Baltimore MD area Gov jobs postings - from Craigslist
General Law/Legal News
Trade Shows
State-specific Tech News
- News from the National Association of Chief Information Officers - NASCIO
- Illinois state tech news
- Maine Office of Information Technology - News
Europe Government Tech News
- Government technical news from PublicTechnology.net
- European news from Computer Business Review Online
- Open source blog from CBR