Modernization

Cloud computing opens new questions for procurements

GSA regroups after GAO upholds protest of cloud computing solicitation

People

Government workers using mobile to access social media, survey shows

Market Connections Inc. released a new survey of how government employees and contractors are utilizing and accessing social media.

Digital Government

Steve Cooper lands in a new role at FAA

Federal Computer Week

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity could be a bright spot in otherwise flat IT budgets

Forecast predicts amount of spending to protect computer networks will mirror intensity of breaches, especially if the country sustains a cyberattack on the scale of Pearl Harbor.

Modernization

VA gears up to buy world's largest WiFi-based location system

Sophisticated algorithms would track assets to the room and even shelf level.

Ideas

GAO Strikes Down Part of Cloud Email RFQ

Digital Government

Five-Year Freeze on Federal Pay?

People

Facebook poised to dredge up your embarrassing past

New Timeline feature could resurface posts and images you thought were gone forever -- here's what you can do about it.

Modernization

OPM says USAJobs fixed, but complaints continue

The tumult for the troubled USAJobs revamp does not seem to be over. Although the Office of Personnel Management gave it a thumbs up late Oct. 14, problems continued to frustrate users.

Acquisition

Suspension, debarment getting agencies' attention, official says

More agencies are establishing formal suspension and debarment programs and dedicating more staff to handle referrals and manage cases.

People

Feds could see extended pay freeze in new proposals

Lawmakers propose measures that would affect federal pay to save US from "fiscal disaster."

People

Steve Cooper lands in a new role

Steve Cooper, former CIO of the FAA's Air Traffic Operation, has a new title.