Modernization
GSA's Johnson: Tight budgets should trigger innovation not fear
GSA is leading the way on innovation in energy efficiency, crowdsourcing and mobility, its leader says.
People
Twitter: Is this 'river of information' too polluted to be useful?
Scott Klososky, the opening keynote at the Executive Leadership Conference, made some questionable statements about the value of social media.
Modernization
Overcome your mobile insecurity
Securing tablet PCs and smart phones calls for a mix of planning, policy and technology.
Acquisition
When it comes to outsourcing decisions, everyone angles to be 'critical'
The 'intentionally vague' definition of 'critical function' could apply to almost all agency work, says Robert Burton, deputy OFPP administrator during the George W. Bush administration.
Modernization
USAJobs launches to boos and hisses
Users roundly criticized the launch of USAJobs 3.0 and raised questions about OPM's decision to insource the site.
Digital Government
Air Force urged to move to social-media style communications
Federal Computer Week
Modernization
VA plans government's largest tablet computer deployment
Up to 100,000 devices will be managed through a vendor-operated cloud computing center.
Acquisition
Union: Too much discretion in outsourcing will come with a price
Outsourcing critical work could, in the long run, cost agencies their institutional knowledge, argues Colleen Kelley, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union.
People
Union to supercommittee: Don't take it out on us
A coalition representing 4.6 million federal and postal workers and annuitants has sent a letter to the deficit reduction supercommittee urging the panel to reject proposals that would put further strains on the federal workforce.
Digital Government
Federal Coach: Preparing for what the supercommittee has in store for federal agencies
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the Supercommittee, is examining a wide-range of options that could dramatically affect federal employees, such as huge cuts in agency budgets and programs, workforce reductions, extension of the federal employee pay freeze and increased contributions to the retirement system.
People
Organizations fail on use of technology tools, ELC keynote says
Scott Klososky shows how technology tools are used poorly
Digital Government
Don't encourage Charlie Sheen
ELC keynote speaker offers tips for technology use, including how to regard cranky, crazy celebrities.
Digital Government