Acquisition

What needs to be fixed in the FAR?

Steve Kelman spotlights two areas where real obstacles to effective IT contracting may exist -- and suggests solutions for each.

Modernization

DeSalvo: Time for the heavy lifting on health record interoperability

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is pushing for a road map "specific enough that people will know what they're supposed to do when."

Modernization

Need to Know Memo: Finding Savings in the Cloud

New Need to Know Memo explores the implications of cloud computing, data center consolidation, virtualization, remote access and infrastructure diversification.

Modernization

Interior gets green light for Drupal consolidation initiative

The Interior Department is consolidating nine content management platforms into one, built with open source software.

Cybersecurity

Hamas Interrupts Israeli TV with Urgent Message

A Channel 10 satellite broadcast was briefly hacked by the Palestinian Islamist group.

Digital Government

The Obama Administration Is Looking for the Next Obamacare Website Contractor

The bid is probably not going to CGI Federal.

Modernization

What, exactly, does a cloud broker do?

The role cloud brokers play in government IT remains largely undefined, but Microsoft's Susie Adams says the game is changing quickly.

Modernization

Schedule 70 cloud listing could shower benefits

Procurement experts are enthusiastic about adding a separate cloud services category to the venerable contracting vehicle.

Digital Government

Bitcoin Could Become Gold Standard at Ft. Knox Florist

Petals and Blooms, located inside the military base, accepts the e-currency for online purchases.

Digital Government

Why the Apple-IBM deal could be a game-changer for gov

Analysts say the newly announced collaboration could be a very big deal for federal mobility.