Modernization
Federal agency CIOs worried about cyberattacks, budget cuts, survey shows
TechAmerica released the results of its 22nd annual survey of federal agency chief information officers.
Modernization
Companies increasingly are dissecting malware in the cloud
Analysis products provide insight into cyber threats.
Digital Government
Federal CIO releases shared services strategy
VanRoekel urges agencies to start with commodity IT spending, then lines of business and then cross-agency spending.
People
Long-awaited digital roadmap almost ready to debut
Forthcoming strategy will give citizens better access to government data and enhance service delivery for agencies.
People
Crafting better jobs for young contracting professionals
Steve Kelman offers ideas to make government more effective at recruiting young talent.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon wants software to ‘see through language’
Program would find hidden meanings in intelligence data.
People
Shared services plan offers a short runway
Agencies have only until August to file an "enterprise road map" in accordance with the new IT shared services plan.
Cybersecurity
Military leaders seek more clout for Pentagon’s Cyber Command
Move would signal the United States is serious about defending its networks.
People
Warriors to Workforce program gives vets a second chance
The VA Acquisition Academy's Lisa Doyle created the Warriors to Workforce program to train wounded veterans to become acquisition professionals.
Acquisition
IG highlights GSA's missing pieces in contract files
Audit finds GSA's assisted acquisition service center, FEDSIM, without complete files on high-risk contracts.
Digital Government
George Peach Taylor resigns from key Defense health job
The Pentagon is actively seeking a replacement.
Digital Government
Big data could remake science -- and government
Complex, unstructured info can lead to unexpected efficiencies, experts say.
Digital Government
Army gives communications equipment a workout
Service will put long-haul tactical network and new backpack radios through a formal test.
Digital Government
VA to provide 1,000 iPads to family caregivers
Applications developed for the project will be available in a VA app store in early 2013.
Digital Government
Report: NASA, NOAA observation satellites could disappear
The study suggests up to 75 percent of space-based Earth observation instruments, such as satellites. could be gone by 2020.
People
Dyer named Army CIO/G-6 chief integration officer
Maj. Gen. Stuart Dyer is now the chief integration officer at the Army CIO/G-6 office.
Cybersecurity
Congressman plans cyber workforce development efforts
Rep. Jim Langevin is looking to catalyze better cyber training and expertise at the federal, state and local levels.
People
Telework is hot, telework centers are not
Speakers discussed the merits of telework centers at the Telework Exchange Town Hall on May 2.
People
CIO discovers the personal value of telework
When her husband needed medical care last year, Casey Coleman found that federal telework policies made it possible to manage work and home.
Digital Government