Digital Government

NASA chief technologist stepping down

Bobby Braun is returning to his pre-NASA life.

Digital Government

GSA's Karl Krumbholz announces retirement

In a blog post, he said GSA officials put him on a temporary assignment until the end of the year, and for now, Frank Tiller will manage the day-to-day responsibilities of the agency's networks services program.

Cybersecurity

Effort to update computer fraud law draws warning from Justice

Department officials say changing the law to protect users who violate terms of service could hinder prosecution of insider hacking cases.

Digital Government

9/11 at the Pentagon: Like a switch was flipped

Lockheed Martin's Linda Gooden recalls the rush to respond to the attacks even as officials wondered about the safety of their employees.

Modernization

A nation at war after 9/11: From experiment to experience

John Sklinar, a senior manager in an elite Army communications division, recalls how he got a new job the day the airplanes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Ideas

The Democratization of Repression

Digital Government

HHS Cultivates Rural Health IT

Digital Government

9/11: Remembering the day

Memories of the 2001 attacks are vivid for most of us. Some of FCW's readers share their stories.

Digital Government

9/11 at the Pentagon: Stepping into the breach

Neal Shelley took over leadership of the Army's Information Management Support Center when the director -- and Shelley's best friend -- perished in the attack.

Modernization

Committee finds manual processes in automated systems

“Agencies employ a tangled web of disparate manual processes to generate the data,” according to the House committee.

Cybersecurity

Sony Hires Former DHS Infrastructure Protection Chief

Acquisition

VA national contracting oversight system inadequate, IG says

The Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general recently audited national contracts and found problems.

Acquisition

Why is GAO's glass so often half empty?

GAO reports often take a pessimistic tone about what could be seen as good news. Steve Kelman wonders why.