Digital Government

Defense bill passes after lengthy debate

While measures pertaining to military detention of suspected terrorists dominated the debate, the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act will also affect defense IT.

People

VA hands out employee bonuses too easily, audit finds

Federal auditors found that the majority of bonus payments made to retain key employees at Veterans Affairs agencies were lacking in proper justifications and documentations.

People

Federal agencies ranked on Twitter engagement

Do your tweets get reaction and retweeting, or does Twitter feel like you are shouting down a well?

Ideas

Navigating the Hatch Act in the Internet Age

Digital Government

Will feds accept yet another pay freeze?

A new proposal to extend the federal pay freeze an additional three years could be too much of a sacrifice for even the most loyal feds.

Digital Government

Earl Devaney to resign from Recovery board

Earl Devaney, who chairs the board overseeing economic stimulus law spending, is retiring after 41 years of federal service, according to a news report.

Digital Government

Former Marine protests tech transfer, claims retaliation

Medal of Honor winner sought to block a plan to give advanced rifle scopes to Pakistan, then his boss and a Navy SPAWAR program manager portrayed him as mentally unstable.

Digital Government

SBA's Joe Jordan heads to OMB as special assistant

Top official's departure spins off new procurement role at OMB.

Digital Government

Hospitals' IT Leaders Pan ONC

Digital Government

Defense Authorization nears passage

Industry groups concerned about some provisions in the DOD's authorizing legislation.

Cybersecurity

Disaster drill derailed by disasters

Severe weather hampered the annual National Level Exercise this year by forcing some federal employees to cancel their participation in order to attend to real-life recovery efforts, according to a new audit.