Acquisition
Scott Quehl: Sharing services at scale
The Accenture Federal Services executive and former Commerce chief financial officer says the old budget buckets will no longer apply.
Acquisition
Watch out for standardized labor categories
The president of the Coalition for Government Procurement warns that GSA's planned changes could drive vendors away.
Cybersecurity
NIST Paid $16,500 for Space at Now-Boycotted RSA Conference
Speakers are backing out in protest of the encryption company’s alleged deal with NSA to weaken its security products.
Cybersecurity
Ex-sheriff sentenced for hacking then-wife’s work computer – at her court office
Government (U.S.) // West Virginia, United States
Digital Government
GSA’s Chief Technology Officer Departing for the Private Sector
Casey Coleman is headed for AT&T.
Emerging Tech
Silicon Valley's New Spy Satellites
Three startups are launching services—and orbiters—to provide real-time, better-than-Google imagery of the Earth.
Digital Government
Why You Shouldn't Use a Laser-Equipped Gun as a Presentation Tool
Pointing lasers at airplanes (and pilots) is also a bad idea.
Emerging Tech
NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Has Its First Target
It marks progress in NASA's mission to locate, land on, and reroute an asteroid by 2025.
People
GSA CIO heads for private sector
Casey Coleman is leaving for a post at AT&T Government Solutions. Deputy CIO Sonny Hashmi will take over her duties at GSA on an acting basis.
Modernization
DOD's cautious path to the cloud
The Pentagon wants controls that go beyond FedRAMP, but critics claim DISA officials are dragging their feet.
Cybersecurity
What Mandiant-FireEye merger means for the federal market
FireEye could look to capitalize on Mandiant’s existing relationships with federal agencies and integrators.
Emerging Tech
This Is the Year of the Electric Car
Get ready for Ford's new solar-powered vehicle, too.
Digital Government
An Analog Data Breach: A 1971 FBI Break-In
Burglars come forward after more than 40 years.
Acquisition
Lower contractor compensation caps now law
The measure limits how much firms can bill the government for salaries and benefits paid to employees working on federal contracts
Acquisition
GAO: Networx contracts not as effective as they might have been
GAO said a slow transition was part of the reason GSA did not make the most effective use of its telecom contracting vehicles.
Digital Government
Costs Could Climb for $1.5 Billion Terrorist Tracking System
A planned upgrade of a DHS database at the heart of the nation's effort to thwart foreign threats keeps going back to the drawing board.
Acquisition