People
Wennergren takes on task of closing BTA
Dave Wennergren, DOD's assistant deputy chief management officer, will also serve as director of the soon-to-be defunct Business Transformation Agency.
People
Unions blast furlough proposal
Federal employee unions decry a proposal to require unpaid leave as a cost-cutting measure.
Acquisition
Obama: Give small businesses regulatory break
Obama directed agency officials to consider the economic effects of federal regulations on small businesses.
Digital Government
New GSA deputy CIO is on the job
Hashmi is leaving his job as deputy CIO for D.C.'s government to become deputy to Casey Coleman, CIO at the General Services Administration.
Cybersecurity
NSA offers smart phone-based recruiting tools
New apps are part of agency's use of 'cool high-tech tools'
People
President wants to put rulemaking and compliance activities online
President Barack Obama tells agencies to modernize and make more transparent their regulatory oversight and enforcement processes.
Digital Government
F-word emanates from Congress
That's right: Furlough—in a House bill (H.R. 270) from Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo.
Digital Government
Project to digitize visa processing encounters roadblocks
Effort relies too heavily on contractors and is victim to an overly aggressive timeline, top Homeland Security IT official says in report.
Cybersecurity
Administration says it will give industry and academia heads up on cyberattacks
Government will share intelligence and law enforcement data on malicious activity so other sectors can protect their infrastructure.
Digital Government
Military's drug policy threatens troops' health, doctors say
Army links prescription drug use to the services' growing suicide rate.
Digital Government