Digital Government
IG: VA structured $133 million security contract to favor incumbent
Lower risk of selecting a company familiar with the department's practices did not justify the higher price tag, watchdog says.
Modernization
Defense bill threatens data center, enterprise e-mail efforts
The 2012 defense bill contains language that could block DOD-DISA partnerships in cloud and enterprise e-mail.
Digital Government
Coburn: High tech projects among the 100 most wasteful
Sen. Tom Coburn's annual list of wasteful government spending does not spare new technologies.
Acquisition
Gordon optimistic GAO will remove interagency contracting from high-risk list
Gordon has met with GAO to talk about how OMB has addressed the issues that put interagency contracting onto the high-risk list in the first place.
Digital Government
5 steps to a successful virtual office policy
Thinking about crafting a virtual office policy? We lay out five overarching areas that need attention.
People
Agencies question value of social media
Market Connections released a new survey with insights into social media use by 533 federal, state and local government employees.
Modernization
Do you succumb to mouse rage?
How many computer users ever yell at their machines? Maybe more than you would guess.
Cybersecurity
FBI warning: 'Hacktivism' is a crime
An FBI official encourages hactivists to find a new method of protest.
Digital Government