Cybersecurity

House GOP lawmakers introduce DHS authorization bill

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and other Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee, introduce authorizing legislation for the Homeland Security Department.

Digital Government

HHS debuts smoking cessation mobile texting apps

The National Cancer Institute is offering customizable text message programs to teens and adults who want to quit smoking.

People

The 2011 Rising Star Awards: The future's so bright

Federal Computer Week honors 25 up-and-coming employees in the public and private sectors who have made an early and substantive mark in the government IT community. The 2011 Rising Star award winners show energy, ability and ambition.

People

Tips for crowdsourcing, from the crowd

Agencies share lessons learned from using Challenge.gov.

Acquisition

Air Force procurement contests take wing

The Air Force discovers the value of contests as a route to innovation.

Modernization

VanRoekel quickens pace on data center closures

Federal CIO changes the definition of data center, accelerates closure schedule.

People

Labor Department seeks public comment on Benefits.gov

DOL is looking for citizens' input on the information collection process on its website for federally funded benefit and assistance programs.

Modernization

Security worries still impede cloud computing

As GSA ramps up FedRAMP, security remains a concern in efforts to move government IT to the cloud, officials told a House subcommittee.

Digital Government

Federal Coach: Robert Reich on bringing tenacity to public leadership

Robert Reich is a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Now, he shares his thoughts on public leadership.

Modernization

Keys to the Kingdom

Agency IT managers are scrambling to prevent employees' personal phones and tablets from creating new openings for hackers.

Digital Government

FBI to launch nationwide facial recognition service

Four states will begin using the service in January; immigrant rights groups worry Homeland Security will abuse the biometric database.