Modernization
VA employees tap cloud apps on their own, posing security risk
Use of unauthorized services highlights department's need to keep up with computing advances, CIO says.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers say cybersecurity is a top priority in 2011
Revamping the 2002 Federal Information Security Management Act is urgently needed, some say.
Digital Government
Insourcing provisions land on the cutting room floor
Language that would have brought more work back in-house was not included in either chamber's version of Defense authorization bill.
Digital Government
Cyber underground poses real threat to globe
The tools to carry out a cyber attack are readily available through the hidden world of the cyber underground.
Digital Government
House passes agency performance bill
The House approved a bill to improve the tracking of federal agency performance late Tuesday after some procedural maneuvers.
Digital Government
CIOs: The more things change…
Give OMB credit for trying to strengthen the CIO's role, but more dramatic steps are needed, writes Alan Balutis.
Digital Government
Agencies innovate with augmented reality apps
Augmented reality applications are gaining in popularity and starting to be noticed in government-focused applications.
Digital Government
Social media records prove tough to preserve
Agencies are stuck with a patchwork of guidance and inadequate technologies for managing and preserving their social media records, a new report says.
Acquisition
Army e-mail plan ignores AKO success
Consultant Robert Guerra says he doesn’t understand why the Army plans to spend more than $100 million on a new e-mail system when AKO does so much more.
People
The year in cartoons: Security certifications, insourcing and light bulb procurements
FCW cartoonist John Klossner selects his favorite editorial cartoons from 2010.
Modernization