Acquisition
Developing a course on procurement management -- seeking advice!
Steve Kelman notes the severe lack of research on government procurement, and is looking for the gaps that most need to be filled.
Cybersecurity
Lockheed looks to open standards
The standardized software is intended to boost the sharing of cyber-threat information through automation.
Digital Government
Agencies Can Drive the Next Wave of Digital Innovation
Four factors executives should consider when evaluating their technology plans.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Target Nuke Data; Change Grades, Steal Mom's Identity
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Digital Government
Nominations Are Now Closed
Help us recognize feds who are applying technology in innovative ways to make government work better.
Cybersecurity
Information security incidents by agency
The Office of Management and Budget's annual report to Congress on the Federal Information Security Management Act details which agencies are getting hit and how.
Digital Government
IT Reform Should Focus More on Outcomes Than Tactics, VanRoekel Says
Federal CIO releases 2014 PortfolioStat guidance.
Digital Government
Pentagon App Store Is Open, but the Shelves Are Pretty Bare
The Defense Information Systems Agency so far has approved only one software application designed specifically for troops—to report sexual assault.
Modernization
Study: Pentagon needs strategic approach to UAVs
A Center for Strategic and International Studies report notes decreased R&D spending at the same time several other countries are gearing up their own drone programs.
Acquisition
OMB plans Digital Service to improve IT delivery
Tech professionals would serve in government for two- to four-year rotations on a full-time basis, possibly supplemented with private sector professionals pitching in a given project for a month at a time.
Cybersecurity
GAO nudges DHS on high-risk areas
A new report both commends and jabs DHS for its work on IT acquisition and management.
Modernization
Can Cell Phones Stop Crime in the World's Murder Capitals?
The problem-solving power of mobile technology in Central America
Modernization
Google, Facebook, Amazon Warn FCC Rules Pose 'Grave Threat to the Internet'
Tech giants lobby for stronger net-neutrality rules.
Digital Government
North Korea Apparently Has Drones and South Korea Found Some of Them
The discovery has fueled worry that the secretive and erratic northern country might soon use armed drones against South Korea.
Emerging Tech
The Father of 3D Printing Says it’s Overhyped
The claims for the technology have become increasingly grandiose.
Digital Government
Exit interview: Joseph Klimavicz
The outgoing NOAA CIO says that of the many innovations he has led at the agency, a recently unveiled big data plan is the "most out of the box" -- and he is sorry he won't be around to see it through as he heads to the Justice Department.
Cybersecurity
Data breaches are getting more expensive
A study by the Ponemon Institute and IBM found the cost per compromised record rose 7 percent in the past year.
Modernization
NIH readies new IT contract
The $20 billion solicitation will give agencies access to commodities and solutions related to a variety of IT initiatives, Washington Technology reports.
Modernization
Pairing up for shared services
Potential users and providers should try to match their needs as closely as possible, top IT managers say.
Digital Government