Cybersecurity

Spreading the word about cybersecurity

How Chief Information Security Officers put cybersecurity at the top of officials' minds.

Digital Government

Data Center Consolidation Savings ‘Minimal’ So Far

The government has kept insufficient metrics on savings and is unlikely to meet its goal of $3 billion in savings by 2015.

Digital Government

IRS Officials Breached Trust. Did They Also Breach Data?

Agency personnel might have exploited information collected when vetting conservative groups, lawmakers say.

Modernization

GAO: Metrics, leadership leave savings unclear in data center consolidation

Congressional committee leaders seeking insight into the ongoing effort to reduce the number of federal data centers were unhappy over OMB and GSA officials' absence at field hearing.

Emerging Tech

Dot-govs Dip Below 1,000

That’s down from about 1,500 when the White House launched a consolidation initiative in 2011.

People

What's next for digital government?

At FOSE, Rick Holgate and Gwynne Kostin outline the coming agenda for open data and other initiatives.

People

DOD furlough decision made

The Defense Secretary has decided how many unpaid days off civilian employees will have to take.

Emerging Tech

The Story of an Open Document

Here's how the White House open data policy came together.

Modernization

Freedom: BlackBerry's BBM Is Coming to the iPhone

The new app will have voice and screen sharing options.

Digital Government

GSA to provide help choosing between contracts

A forthcoming Web-based tool will help agencies navigate the increasingly tangled knot of IT contracts.

Digital Government

Demand for IT Grads Is Driving Up Supply, Study Finds

IT-related bachelors degrees and associates degrees up 9% and 16%, respectively.

Digital Government

My Sidewalk Coverage of the iEHR Conference

Stop by and say hello.

Modernization

Feds Release Source Code for Dozens of Government Apps

Agency developers could use the code to create new apps or suggest changes to existing apps.

People

Why do officials really conduct business on personal e-mail?

The Conversation: FCW's reporters and editors respond to your comments.

Digital Government

Commentary: If Drones Are Illegal, Then Only Criminals Will Use Them

Drones may be used to replace "mules" in the drug business.

Emerging Tech

So This Is How It Begins: Guy Refuses to Stop Drone-Spying on Seattle Woman

Is this legal?

People

USDA research efforts need management improvements: GAO

Oversight agency critiques collaborative planning and other aspects of Agriculture's research programs.

People

OPM releases SES career positions list

As required by law, agencies have published their lists of senior executive positions that are limited to career federal employees.

Cybersecurity

Customers of gas store chain inconvenienced by hack

Food and Beverage // Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi , United States

Digital Government

A new approach to oversight

FCW cartoonist John Klossner's take on congressional panels.