People
Shay Assad becomes director of defense pricing
Shay Assad, a senior procurement policy official at the Defense Department, is now the director of defense pricing.
Modernization
Issa rejects federal transparency bill
Rep. Darrell Issa says the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee won't consider a federal transparency bill.
People
Federal procurement turns green
A new acquisition regulation imposes standards for environmental friendliness and sustainability on federal procurements.
Digital Government
Will EPA's Lisa Schlosser become federal deputy CIO?
Chris Dorobek, editor of DorobekInsider.com, reports that Federal CIO Vivek Kundra is set to name EPA exec Lisa Schlosser to be his deputy CIO.
People
GSA making headway on customer focus
But some observers say GSA isn't doing enough to understand agencies' missions.
Digital Government
Open gov: So far, so good, but further still to go
GSA's David McClure discusses the state of open government and the importance of customer service.
People
Think like a customer, not like a techie
Until we change our frame of reference, we won't improve the quality of the services we provide, writes Candi Harrison, who teaches courses at Web Manager University.
Digital Government
As NASA prepares to retire its final shuttle, agency leaders face an uncertain future
Fifty years after President Kennedy's call to put a man on the moon, the space agency is at a crossroads.
Digital Government
Defense bill: 4 provisions to turn back the clock on insourcing
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Washington power outage tests telework plans
Damage to underground electrical cables forces employees at three agencies to work from home or take administrative leave.
Cybersecurity
Hackers might have skeleton key to defense contractor systems
Recent hacker attacks on Lockheed Martin and L-3 Communications are linked to a data breach earlier this year at a security firm that experts fear might have given the hackers the keys they need to break into systems of other contractors.
Digital Government