Cats, Diplomats and Marines

• By Bob Brewin
• August 4, 2011

Mobile apps feature per diems

Federal employees traveling on official business can now check their per-diem allowances on new mobile applications.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• August 4, 2011

Steve VanRoekel named new federal CIO

White House officials say former FCC and Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel will be the new Federal CIO, succeeding Vivek Kundra.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• August 4, 2011

Do you hear shoes dropping?

Two senior Republican senators earlier this week introduced a bill to extend the pay freeze and reduce the size of the federal workforce.

• By Phil Piemonte, FCW
• August 4, 2011

Biometric database helps end 'voluntary return' of illegal immigrants

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• By Aliya Sternstein
• August 4, 2011

U.S. warns that Anonymous, LulzSec could up their game

ComputerWorld

• August 4, 2011

NASA data pit scientific method against climate astrology

Forbes

• August 4, 2011

Hard-coded password and other security holes found in Siemens control systems

Wired

• August 4, 2011

DARPA funds robotic surveillance project

Patch Palo Alto

• August 4, 2011

New federal CIO named; no major strategy changes anticipated

Steven VanRoekel, a former Microsoft executive, will replace Vivek Kundra.

• By Joseph Marks
• August 4, 2011

Send Congress to Boot Camp

• By Bob Brewin
• August 3, 2011

Mobile Health IT Benefits Seniors

• By John Pulley
• August 3, 2011

Government Meets eHarmony

• By Brittany Ballenstedt
• August 3, 2011

Transparency rules proposed for budget-cutting 'super committee'

Sen. David Vitter is the first senator to propose increasing transparency of the super committee" charged with identifying $1.5 trillion in spending cuts.

• By Alice Lipowicz, FCW
• August 3, 2011

Federal Coach: HUD Chief of Staff Laurel Blatchford on risk taking and engaging employees

The Federal Coach asks Laurel A. Blatchford, chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, about her leadership secrets.

• By FCW
• August 3, 2011

Feds to kids: Hacking for government agencies can be cool

None

• By Aliya Sternstein
• August 3, 2011

USAID to stand up new Geospatial Data Center

Capability will allow the aid agency to combine disparate data sets to make development work more efficient and productive.

• By Joseph Marks
• August 3, 2011

Walden gives FCC a mixed grade

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• By National Journal
• August 3, 2011

Under debt deal, veterans programs face cuts, tech plans likely safe

None

• By Bob Brewin
• August 3, 2011

How the Navy's warship of the future ran aground

Wired

• August 3, 2011