Digital Government

FCC chief of staff to leave in January

The departure of Edward Lazarus leaves a vacancy for a top aide to the FCC chairman.

Modernization

Contractor fired after criticizing USAJobs

An Oracle manager loses his job a few days after his comments appear in a newspaper.

Acquisition

Reverse auctions: A bid for budget-conscious business

Reverse auctions, which have paid off in spades at State, could help other agencies looking to deal with tight IT budgets.

Modernization

A leader in the cloud gains rivals

New York Times

Digital Government

FCC chief of staff moving on

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Cybersecurity

Trust but verify: Ensuring digital identities

The Obama administration wants to partner with the e-commerce industry to make sure citizens are who they say they are online. But it's not clicking yet.

Digital Government

DISA Eyes Mobile Apps Store

Digital Government

Riding the Retirement Wave

People

Government IT terminology has political bias

The Sunlight Foundation transparency group released its revamped version of Capitol Word, a tool by which to gauge popularity of words used by Congress.

Digital Government

Veto threat lingers for defense bill

The Defense Authorization bill is almost ready for the White House, but detainee provisions could trigger a veto.

People

Government officials need to be ready for 'sousveillance,' social trend expert says

Social media users are becoming sophisticated in finding and spreading information about government.

Digital Government

10 reasons to bring your own device to work

What federal employees can learn from adopters in the private sector.