Digital Government
U.S. might be giving away sensitive military technology, report finds
A major decline in the number of foreign worker visas screened by Commerce is part of the problem, GAO says.
Digital Government
Some tax preparers continue to resist the IRS e-filing system
Agency's target is for 80 percent of returns to be filed electronically.
Digital Government
Kundra's $2,000 mobile subsidy: What can it really get you?
In a casual aside at an AFCEA breakfast in late February, federal CIO Vivek Kundra mentioned the possibility of a $2,000 subsidy for federal employee mobile purchases. Is $2,000 enough? Let's look at the numbers.
Digital Government
Telework option makes for happier employees
Feds who have the choice to telework are more satisfied than those who don't have that choice, the Partnership for Public Service finds.
Digital Government
What’s in a title?
We wonder, because—amid charges that federal employees are overpaid—the House Oversight and Government Reform federal workforce subcommittee on March 9 will convene a hearing that asks: “Are Federal Workers Underpaid?”
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity solution needs better partnerships, not more rules, group says
A coalition of industry organizations is warning against abandoning the partnership model for infrastructure protection, calling instead for increased cooperation and financial incentives.
People
Pay-for-performance effort begins
The first hearing in what a Florida Congressman says will be an effort to couple pay-for-performance with an overall workforce reduction is set for today.
People
NARA's spending plan for electronic archive isn't reliable, GAO says
The National Archives and Records Administration had unreliable cost estimates and other weaknesses in its spending plan for the final year of developing its digital archive, a new report says.
People
Connolly works to make green concepts practical
Mindy Connolly, GSA's new chief acquisition officer, takes a practical view of federal procurement policy.
Cybersecurity
Federal CIO Council to get new vice chairman
Richard Spires, CIO of the Homeland Security Department, recently was elected vice chairman of the Federal CIO Council.
Acquisition