People

Harsh budget reality hits home

The reality of tightening budgets is starting to sink in, Steve Kelman observes.

Digital Government

NASA plans test flight of Orion space capsule in 2014

Agency reveals the plan in a low-key notice on the federal procurement website.

Digital Government

NASA quickly fills chief technologist slot

The space agency appoints Cornell's Martin Peck a month after his predecessor, also an academic, returned to teaching.

Modernization

EPA showcases new environmental apps

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Ideas

Close Encounters of the Civic Kind

People

Data center report goes AWOL

For the second time, DOD misses deadline for filing report on data center consolidation

Modernization

Google algorithm change may mean less traffic for some government websites

Federal agencies may want to update their website content more frequently, based on the impacts from Google's most recent algorithm update.

Digital Government

Public-Private Pay Gap Widens

Cybersecurity

SBInet redux? GAO criticizes gaps in planning for next border technologies

With the echoes of SBInet less than a year old, the Homeland Security Department is embarking on another $1.5 billion border technology strategy without sufficient planning, according to an audit.

Digital Government

GPO gets a new inspector general

The Government Printing Office has a new inspector general in charge of auditing the agency's activities.

Ideas

DOD Misses Data Center Plan Deadline Again

Digital Government

Government shutdown threat looms: Does it matter?

The government is facing another shutdown risk if Congress cannot pass measures to keep it funded beyond the Nov. 18 deadline. Has Congress cried "wolf" too many times?

Modernization

USAJobs goes splat instead of splashy

As the USAJobs debacle dragged into its fourth week, lawmakers and pundits began loudly proclaiming that the incident offered lessons for federal insourcing and IT policy.