Acquisition
Contracting officers get too friendly with contractors, senator says
Contracting officers lose objectivity because they are too friendly with companies, McCaskill says.
Digital Government
Website aims to collect info on 'burdensome' regulations
Stearns is getting input on which laws are thought to be stifling economic growth.
Digital Government
Internet hits key milestone
ICANN's Internet Assigned Numbers Authority allocated the last blocks, containing about 60 million IPv4 addresses, to the five Regional Internet Registries on Thursday.
Digital Government
Army taps Second Life for troop and family support
Virtual resiliency center will offer everything from exercise classes to tools for coping with the stress of multiple deployments.
Modernization
Age gap narrowing in use of mobile devices
As expected, the oldest Americans tend to lag behind their younger neighbors in use of new technologies.
Digital Government
Social media tends to be a one-way communication for FEMA
The tools are one way to get the message out about disasters, said George Haddow, who served as deputy chief of staff at FEMA under James Lee Witt, FEMA administrator during the Clinton administration.
People
Take these steps to spark innovation at your agency
Federal agencies wanting to answer President Barack Obama's recent call for greater innovation should create a space online for employees to collaborate and volunteer to join initiatives they are passionate about, according to the Partnership for Public Service.
Cybersecurity
TSA's Blogger Bob and the many angry comments
A lesson in blogging: Report that a passenger was charged with crimes and omit his acquittal, and expect to be roasted.
People
DOT e-rulemaking pilot project encounters minor glitch
The Transportation Department kicked off the third round of its Regulation Room e-rulemaking crowdsourcing demonstration project this week even though users can not yet access the website.
Modernization