Acquisition
Financial management and freedom of choice
An industry spokesman argues that an official preference for federal shared service providers will hurt the agencies hoping to consolidate.
Digital Government
Treasury, Recovery Board Officials Embrace Efforts to Standardize Federal Data
Leaders of governmentwide transparency aren’t waiting for DATA Act.
Emerging Tech
Smart Sanctions 2.0
Sanctions should carve out space for personal tech that can promote human rights.
Digital Government
For Some of Us, Recovery From War Is Its Own Hell
There’s an interesting debate going on in the comments on my Tuesday article.
Digital Government
VA Paperless Claims System ‘Spontaneously’ Shuts Down
The system also mixes up evidence between veterans’ files, lawmakers told.
Emerging Tech
NASA Taps Silicon Valley Space Miners to Crowdsource Asteroid Threats
Company has already experimented with the Internet’s ability to bring people together
Digital Government
Ex-Lab Scientist May Reverse Plea in Nuclear-Secrets Case
Leonardo Mascheroni is trying to secure a new public defender.
Digital Government
Obamacare’s Next Step: Fixing Medicare and Medicaid Data Sharing
Medicare wants to standardize state Medicaid data.
Digital Government
Technology Can Drive Federal Hiring Reform
Feds must leverage tech to improve the applicant experience, HR software exec says.
Emerging Tech
NASA Is Sending Basil to the Moon
The space agency is sending a few seedlings to live and prosper on the moon before we can.
People
CMS shares traffic reports for HealthCare.gov
Administration touts the spike is usage, but questions persist about data transmission to insurers.
Cybersecurity
Is Cyber Command ready to stand on its own?
Alexander's planned retirement offers a chance to reorganize, but the changes required are anything but simple.
Acquisition
Better contracting through multisourcing
The approach can help reduce risk and improve oversight at a time when agencies are being asked to do more with less.
Digital Government
Kicked Off HealthCare.gov? Try Now, Obama Administration Says
Officials say the site is working for the vast majority of users after two months of poor performance.
Cybersecurity
Facebook, Google, Twitter Users Among Nearly 2 Million Accounts Hacked by Botnets
Compromised users are mostly in the Netherlands.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Arms Dealers Peddle 85 Worms a Day
Details on secret flaws in Microsoft and other software, plus the tools to exploit them, now sold to the highest bidder.
Digital Government
Latest GOES-R instrument ready for installation
SEISS is the third of six major instruments that will fly with GOES-R when it is launched in early 2016.
Cybersecurity
Lab seeks partners for Network Mapping System
Better mapping can give more detailed information to IT managers tasked with protecting networks.
Modernization
Microsoft pushes back against surveillance
The company plans to strengthen encryption of customer data and take a more active role in challenging efforts to collect information on users.
Acquisition