Acquisition
A new idea for encouraging vendors to help agencies save money
Steve Kelman proposes that agencies offer extra points to bidders who suggest money-saving ways to change draft solicitations.
Digital Government
Federal Coach: With Ken Salazar, peering into the Department of the Interior
Ken Salazar is the 50th secretary of the Department of the Interior. Previously, he served as a U.S. senator from Colorado, Colorado’s state attorney general and the executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. This interview was conducted by Tom Fox, author of the Washington Post’s Federal Coach blog.
Digital Government
DOD looks to semantics for better data-sharing, cost savings
The Defense Department's new RFI for an enterprise information web seeks a semantic web solution that will help services and agencies more easily share data -- and save money
Modernization
Agencies' websites ranked for readability, clear language
From clear language to nearly unreadable, agency websites span a wide range.
Acquisition
GAO challenges administration on contract savings
The Office of Management and Budget's estimated savings on contracting may be overstated, GAO says.
Cybersecurity
Buying Christmas presents online -- what do agencies allow?
Ambiguous language makes it unclear to federal employees whether they are allowed to use online shopping sites while at work.
Digital Government
Federal Coach: What it's like to run the TSA
Tom Fox interview John S. Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Since July 2010, Pistole has overseen the management of a workforce of 60,000; security operations at more than 450 U.S. airports; the Federal Air Marshal Service; and the security of highways, railroads, ports, mass transit systems and pipelines. As a national security and counterterrorism expert during his 26-year career at the FBI, Pistole headed the agency’s expanded counterterrorism program after 9/11 and was named deputy director in 2004.
Digital Government
Say goodbye to that personal printer
With an eye toward savings, the Veterans Affairs Department wants to cut 45,000 printers over the next five years.
Digital Government