Emerging Tech
Pentagon wants to use disposable satellite clusters for intel
The goal is to provide troops with critical data at a fraction of today’s costs.
People
Help for contract requirements
Online tools can help program managers develop requirements for contracting, Steve Kelman reports.
Digital Government
Air Force Special Operations Command awards tablet computer deal
Contract goes to the small business that won the Air Mobility Command iPad procurement.
Digital Government
And the winner of the 2012 presidential election is ...
A professor's algorithm sidesteps the hoopla to reveal the winner of the upcoming presidential election, writes columnist Alan Balutis.
People
Can DOD handle its business?
DOD has long been troubled by poor financial management, but 2012 could be the year it turns itself around.
Modernization
Navy releases $10B NGEN RFP
Let the competition begin as the Navy finally releases NGEN request for proposals and two teams square off to win the lucrative contract.
Digital Government
Homeland Security revises border security strategy
Officials will use intelligence to target high-risk areas.
Digital Government
Missile Defense Agency seeks new ways to weed out fake electronic parts
Counterfeits are on the rise in the military supply chain.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Americans worry more about cybersecurity than terrorism
More Americans want presidential candidates to make cybersecurity a priority than want them to focus on terrorism.
Digital Government
ICANN sets target date for re-opening database
The group that runs the Internet's address system said it is aiming to re-open the application process for those seeking to launch a new domain name.
Digital Government
TSA equipment gathering dust, House Republicans charge
Rep. Mica wants to scale back the agency’s duties.
People
SSA needs to better manage its IT systems, GAO says
The Social Security Administration's reorganization in 2011 left a few loose ends untied.
Digital Government
VA IT budget to get a boost in House spending bill
The Veterans Affairs Department's information technology budget gets a hefty raise next year under a proposal released by the House Appropriations Committee.
People
Hey grads shunning government work ... looked at the private sector lately?
FCW's resident cartoonist urges young professionals to take a more realistic view than some recent data suggests they do.
Digital Government
Pentagon seeks to join 3-D printing revolution
Technology could seed cheaper ways to make aerospace parts.
Acquisition
Collins presses OFPP nom on politics in contracting
Sen. Susan Collins is concerend about OFPP nominee's stance on a hypothetical order requiring companies to disclose political contributions in bids.
Cybersecurity
DHS budget gets 1.2 percent cut under House GOP committee plan
The Homeland Security Department escaped major spending cuts under a budget package presented by the GOP-run House Appropriations Committee.
People
Efforts to limit feds' conference attendance meet opposition
Industry associations worry that legislation designed to restrict the ability of federal employees to attend conferences would do more harm than good.
Acquisition
OFPP nominee reveals priorities
Joe Jordan, nominated to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, could get Senate governmental affairs committee approval next week.
Digital Government