Acquisition
Biz groups want Congress to protect outsourcing
A coalition of business groups is asking Congress to uphold outsourcing and limit insourcing in the upcoming fiscal 2012 spending bills.
Digital Government
VA picks vendor for open-source ecosystem
The Veterans Affairs Department has selected a small business as the custodial agent for an open-source ecosystem development program to modernize the VA's VistA electronic health record system.
Acquisition
Turnabout: GSA pulls back major contract
After apparently awarding a contract to small businesses, GSA rescinds it almost immediately and urges bidders to rethink their prices.
People
Some clearances based on faked screenings, review finds
Some clearance investigators are not actually doing all the work they claim to be, review reveals.
Cybersecurity
Hacker groups snipe each other
As LulzSec and Anonymous team up to hack government websites, a third group emerges.
Modernization
Cloud security may be the easiest problem to solve
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements for authorizing the use of cloud services are expected soon, but security might be the simplest issue to solve in the federal adoption of cloud computing.
Digital Government
Medicago receives $5.6M from DARPA for RTP flu vaccine plant
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Digital Government
House panel unanimously endorses new government-spending oversight board
Oversight Committee's ranking member questions the new group's subpoena power and transparency advocates oppose a sunset provision.
People
Transportation Command wants greenhouse gas tracking
The U.S. Transportation Command wants help to develop ways to measure the carbon footprint of its vehicles.
Digital Government