Digital Government
Federal Coach: The FDA’s Dr. Lawrence Deyton on the tests of leadership
A discussion with Dr. Lawrence Deyton, who is director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products. In his long public service career, Deyton established community programs for clinical research on AIDS at the National Institutes of Health, and worked as the chief public health officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
People
Workforce largely spared in first super committee session
More than two months remain for the panel to compile recommendations to cut more than $1 trillion from federal spending in the next 10 years.
Digital Government
Census Bureau supports releasing address database, official says
The Census Bureau has made a turnaround in its thinking about publicly releasing its nationwide database of home and business addresses, a senior official said.
People
Agencies don't account for all program costs, experts say
Auditors at GAO found that several agencies with interagency contracts and those that help with acquisitions don’t carefully account for all the costs of their programs.
Digital Government
USGS puts historical maps online
The U.S. Geological Survey is scanning 250,000 of its historic maps to put online.
Digital Government
Youel Page makes shift from Treasury to GSA
Long-time procurement official moves to the Integrated Technology Service at GSA.
Modernization
Mobile computing: The sky's the limit, but the leash is short
FCW cartoonist John Klossner offers his take on the federal mobile IT policies.
Digital Government