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
Social media has far-reaching implications for U.S. diplomacy
Broadcasting board works to circumvent jamming and other censorship tactics.
Digital Government
New Defense-VA record tracks individuals from enlistment to grave
Veterans Affairs' fiscal 2012 budget request says Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record will provide unprecedented electronic connectivity.
Digital Government
Defense acquisition chief foresees more industry mergers
Pentagon will rely mostly on market forces in deciding to allow consolidation of smaller military contractors, Ashton Carter says.
Cybersecurity
NIST budget request could more than double cybersecurity spending
The Obama Administration wants the National Institute of Standards and Technology to get $43.4 million for cybersecurity programs, an increase that would more than double NIST's money for research and development programs in this area.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity coordinator chosen at State Department
Secretary Clinton picks a leader for the new Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues, which will coordinate cybersecurity and other cyber issues across the department and with other agencies.
Digital Government
CMS, DOD officials honored for security work
C. Ryan Brewer, CISO at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn won awards at the RSA Conference.
People
GAO updates high-risk programs list
The Government Accountability Office today updated its list of high-risk government programs, removing some programs and adding a new one.
People
Federal hiring freeze back on the table
A GOP House member recently reintroduced a bill that would place a hiring freeze on all federal agencies except the Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs departments.
Digital Government