Digital Government
PolitiFact: Boehner 'cherry-picking' in estimate of workforce increase
According to House Speaker John Boehner, President Barack Obama has added 200,000 new federal jobs since taking office two years ago. But figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that Boehner’s calculation is an overestimate, according to PolitiFact.com.
People
Despite big budget cut, SBA would get more funds for IT, oversight
President Barack Obama wants funding for the Small Business Administration's core agency work, including spending on IT, building up SBA’s workforce, and protecting programs from fraud.
Digital Government
OPM progresses on cybersecurity workforce
The results of a governmentwide survey will be used to identify the skills necessary for cybersecurity professionals, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
People
House lawmakers want to freeze feds' pay for step increases, bonuses
Republican House members have proposed amendments to the continuing resolution bill to put new freezes on federal employees' salaries.
Digital Government
Intelligence community to get CIO
President Barack Obama has picked a CIO for the intelligence community
Digital Government
Navy's budget includes new technology, hardware
The Navy's budget request for fiscal 2012 focuses on technology and new equipment as well as cost and energy savings.
People
8 agencies face big IT cuts
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra reveals the agencies that would see the sharpest IT cutbacks in fiscal 2012 under the administration's IT management reform plan.
Digital Government
How tight can your belt get?
We ask whether our readers have a sense yet for how much they'll have to cut expenses in fiscal 2012.
People
The scientific method applied to IT management
To manage IT well, follow the lessons of one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, advises consultant Warren Suss.
Acquisition
Portman gets contracting subcommittee spot
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman replaces Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown as ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Contracting Oversight Subcommittee.
Digital Government
So be it or not so be it
At a press conference this week, after claiming that President Obama has added 200,000 new federal jobs since taking office, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said that if some of those jobs fall victim to budget cuts, “so be it.”
Digital Government
Senate buys time by extending parts of Patriot Act
Expiring surveillance provisions would be renewed for three months while lawmakers in both chambers debate civil rights protections.
Digital Government