Modernization

Finding the hidden value in shared IT services

Shared IT services can help shift focus from infrastructure to mission, says NOAA CIO.

Acquisition

DOD struggles to limit contractors to appropriate jobs, GAO finds

The challenge of separating inherently governmental work from contractor-appropriate work bedevils DOD.

Digital Government

Doan defends Bush on conference spending

Doan said the Obama administration is diverting attention away from itself by blaming George W. Bush for a new scandal over a lavish conference.

Cybersecurity

Anonymous Darkens UK Sites Over Extraditions, Web Monitoring

Activist groups displeased with Europe's reported Internet monitoring plans and extradition practices claimed to have disabled the websites of Britain's Home Office and Justice Ministry over the weekend.

Emerging Tech

DHS requests bids for second try at virtual fence

The winning contractor could net nearly $500 million, according to market research expert.

Digital Government

All major federal agencies now using Twitter and YouTube

Twenty three of 24 major agencies are on Facebook.

Modernization

Bring your device, but don't forget security

A new survey finds that BYOD can expose agencies to security risks in a big way.

Digital Government

Workforce is once more a target

With major budget proposals from each party released, Democrats and Republicans prepare to fight over the federal workforce again.

People

Degrees of separation: After all, it is who you know

Organizational network analysis reveals how people’s interpersonal relationships affect a workgroup's effectiveness.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity reboot: Two game-changing ideas

Some say making IT systems a moving target to hackers and centralizing cybersecurity policy will turn around current flawed approaches.

Cybersecurity

FISMA noncompliance leaves VA vulnerable

Audit finds Veterans Affairs Department has made strides, but is still not meeting FISMA directives with its information security program.

Digital Government

House panel to probe ‘outrageous’ GSA spending

GSA's money management comes under spotlight in the wake of the report that revealed frivolous spending at a 2010 conference.