Digital Government
House to press agencies on customer service
A bill, expected to pass this week, would make it mandatory for agencies to factor customer service into employee appraisals.
Cybersecurity
Look-alike sites funnel big money to mystery PAC
About 3,000 donors fell for sophisticated phishing scheme.
Digital Government
Pentagon receives ‘overwhelming response’ to Plan X cyber offensive
DARPA postpones release of official solicitation.
Acquisition
Are small-business set-asides helping?
After nearly 35 years of small-business contracting goals, it's worth asking how the set-asides are doing in delivering the intended results.
Acquisition
Do small-business preferences make the grade?
Agencies labor mightily to hit small-business contracting targets, but the emphasis on score cards overshadows some larger questions about set-asides.
People
Becky Nolan: Making her mark on the IT community
Becky Nolan talks about her most important accomplishments and the lessons she’s learned during her decades-long career at AFCEA.
Emerging Tech
Brain scans could help measure effectiveness of behavioral therapy
Findings suggest combat victims could be directed to more effective treatments.
Digital Government
Getting the prize purse right in tech contests is a challenge all its own
A major upside for agencies is competitors often invest more in solutions than the government pays out.
Emerging Tech
Video: NASA satellite captures first glimpse of Curiosity's tracks from Martian orbit
The little rover is on the go, and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was there to document it.
Cybersecurity
Executive order could institute controversial cybersecurity measures
A rumored order would allegedly implement parts of a bill that stalled in Congress this year.
Digital Government
Bing vs. Google blind showdown: Closer than you'd think
Bing asks Internet searchers to compare Google and Bing in their "Bing It On Challenge"
Modernization
Collaboration: The key to solving common management problems
A white paper details strategies to solve two common challenges for federal managers.
Digital Government
American Systems to buy SAIC test and evaluation unit
Mounting budget pressures are likely to spur more acquisitions, spinoffs.
Digital Government
How Google builds its maps—and what it means for the future of everything
An exclusive look inside Ground Truth, the secretive program to build the world's best accurate maps.
Cybersecurity
Found in translation: How one person unites a leadership team
An agency's business leaders speak a different language than its technology heads, but to accomplish the agency's mission goals they must communicate. At the intersection of these contentious constituents there is often one person providing translation.
Modernization
FCC set to take up incentive auction, spectrum holding proposals
The FCC is aiming to finalize the order by mid-2013 and hold its first auctions in 2014.
Digital Government
Obama's sequestration report delayed
The administration says it needs more time to figure out the details on across-the-board budget cuts set to take effect in January, but the report itself expected to contain few surprises.
Modernization
Obama, Romney in hashtag battle on Twitter
The Obama campaign has purchased its first Promoted Trend on Twitter and Romney's camp has countered.
Modernization
Do agencies know where they're going in the cloud?
New study reveals that federal agency respondents are moving to the cloud, but without detailed migration strategies.
Acquisition