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

Next Generation 911 projects get going again

Government Computer News

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.

Ideas

OMB Memo: Myths about Contractor-Government Talks

Digital Government

Recruiting Next-Gen IT Pros

Ideas

Egypt Restores Internet Services

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

Weather.gov weak even without blizzard, study says

The National Weather Service's website failed as a massive blizzard bore down on the midwest, but its performance during normal times isn't so great either, according to a new study.