People
3 lists for improving your work life
Author Judith Welles offers ideas for how feds can manage their work environment.
People
Defense budget cuts inevitable, says former defense secretary
With the nation at a crucial point and the Defense Department facing serious budget cuts, a smaller military force and smart decision-making will be critical, said former Defense Secretary William Cohen.
Modernization
CBO estimates cost of DATA Act
The Congressional Budget Office has figured out how much the government will spend to create a single database of federal spending.
People
9 tips to make an efficiency initiative stick
Agencies have tapped senior leaders, employees, and business and government experts to find ways to make their efficiency initiatives last. A new report gives the how-tos.
Digital Government
Federal Reserve wants to read your Facebook posts
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is about to hire a contractor tasked with creating "social media listening platforms" to gauge the nation's economic mood.
People
Lessons to unlearn: New fiscal climate demands new ideas
Report suggests that the past can provide little guidance for the present and future.
Acquisition
OFPP trims fat from interagency contracting overlap
OFPP says agencies should stop, look and listen before going ahead with an interagency contract.
Digital Government
NSA developing custom smart phone for top-secret communications
Federal Computer Week
Modernization
Listening to users: How VA developed its PTSD Coach mobile app
The software application's developers worked with dozens of veterans to create a useful tool.
Digital Government
Army names new PEO-EIS
Douglas Wiltsie will succeed Gary Winkler as Army Program Executive Officer-Enterprise Information Systems.
Acquisition
GSA matches customer DNA to IT commodity program
Agencies are going to GSA to buy their commercial off-the-shelf products rather than developing custom-made solutions, so GSA is developing its own solution.
People