Modernization
Security advances and budgetary pressures draw agencies to cloud
Launch of government-only storage facilities and the potential for significant cost savings could prove as strong a pull as OMB directives, officials say.
People
Want to be a good IT professional? Build good networks (social ones)
Steve Kelman learns the value of talking to people when faced with a difficult problem.
Digital Government
Terry Duncan to oversee defense network programs
Terry Duncan is the new director of communications and network programs in the Defense Department's Office of the CIO.
People
Agencies need help on public participation standards, report says
Although a few agencies are doing well at getting the public to participate in a meaningful way, most are falling short, according to a new industry report.
Digital Government
The longest 20 seconds of my life
Federal Computer Week News Editor Michael Hardy experienced his first earthquake. Now he asks for your stories.
Digital Government
Rare 5.9 earthquake shakes up D.C. federal buildings
"Did you feel it?" was the question that boomeranged around Twitter in thousands of tweets after an unusually strong earthquake hit Virginia about 90 miles from Washington, D.C.
Acquisition
Regulatory reforms to hit competition, communication
President Barack Obama ordered agencies to modernize and increase the transparency of their regulation of industry and commerce.
Digital Government