Acquisition
Services pose acquisition challenge
It's hard to package professional services into high-volume orders, yet procurement experts are exploring the question of what strategic sourcing for services would look like.
Modernization
Going agile? Get your IT managers ready.
Experts say the agile development approach pays off, but puts new pressure on project managers.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Command’s growth plan raises a lot of questions
For starters, where will the military find enough skilled computer experts?
Cybersecurity
Anonymous holds U.S. judicial files ransom until hacking rules change
Government (U.S.) // United States
Digital Government
Bills would impose tougher chemical security rules
One of the measureswould impose additional requirements on industry through DHS's Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards.
Digital Government
Airborne nuclear forensics tool being prepared
According to research, the technology would offer a “modular nuclear debris sampling capability."
Emerging Tech
Beam me up to 100,000 signatures
Trekkies seek Kennedy Center Honors for Kirk, Spock and co.
Modernization
Apple is no longer the world's most valuable company
After a bad day on the markets, Exxon Mobil has reclaimed the title of most valuable company in the world.
Digital Government
Predictive analytics allows feds to track outbreaks in real time
Government scientists are analyzing tweets and Facebook posts to follow -- and anticipate -- the spread of the winter flu.
Digital Government
Are citizens' voices heard in rulemaking?
Agencies are often failing to conduct a full public comment process when considering new rules, GAO finds.
People
How to foster better performance
The traditional view of success focuses on an employee’s ability to complete assignments, but managers need to broaden that view to reflect changes in the workplace, write CEB's Van Riper and Cattie.
Modernization
Does counting data centers miss the point?
The number of closures is an easy measure in the ongoing data center consolidation effort, but it's hardly the most important one.
Digital Government
DARPA ethics probe concludes
A watchdog group had accused DOD's high-tech research arm of allowing too much coziness between employees and contractors.
Emerging Tech
Joe Biden's Google hangout takes on assault weapons and the NRA
'I don't view it as gun control, I view it as gun safety," says Biden.
Digital Government
Court denies recess appointments
A federal appeals court dealt President Barack Obama a setback in making appointments.
People
GAO's call to action in IT management
The government plans to spend $74 billion on IT this year, and needs to tighten its control over programs to prevent cost overruns and missed deadlines.
Digital Government
FBI and DHS team up to nab border intruders with iris recognition
Feds to build upon controversial immigrant fingerprinting program with eye pattern matching.
People