Digital Government

CIO looks back on nine years at Justice

Vance Hitch, the longest serving CIO, is retiring weeks shy of the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that prompted him to join the law enforcement agency.

Digital Government

VA to expand health data exchange in September

Program allowing Defense, VA and private sector providers to share information will be tested in 11 regions, up from five.

Digital Government

Get those resumes in order

Consider yourself on notice, all you folks at the Education, Labor and Commerce departments: We’re just going to have to shut you down.

Digital Government

Telework Takes Off

People

White House Twitter Town Hall offers lessons

It's been almost a week since the White House's first Twitter Town Hall and the online discussion of what went right and what went wrong continues.

Modernization

SSA lags in moving statements online: official

Most workers won't get personal statements from the Social Security Administration this year, and there is no schedule for moving the statements online, a GAO official said.

Acquisition

DOD officials crack down on incomplete award info

Defense Department officials plan to check the contract information defense agencies post to a public DOD website to ensure its completeness.

Cybersecurity

The best of the federal blogosphere

'Ancient Chinese secret’ goes mainstream; TSA employees in trouble; Farm-fresh blogging; Visiting the floods.

Digital Government

EPA, Interior face budget cuts as proposals move out of committee

The Environmental Protection Agency stands to lose significant funding for fiscal 2012 under a budget bill released by the House Appropriations Committee July 6.

People

OPM aims for clear writing

The Office of Personnel Management has released its first plan to use writing that is clear and to the point and takes less time for readers to comprehend.

Modernization

Interior hopes to save $500 million through IT transformation

The Interior Department expects to save up to $500 million by 2020 by leveraging modern technology.

Digital Government

OPM's John Berry on setting feds up for success

OPM director outlines important questions for federal managers and employees to answer.