Digital Government
Compete for fun and prizes: Agencies likely to get broad authority to run contests
Federal agencies would receive broad authority to sponsor prize contests for innovation under the America COMPETES Act approved by both houses of Congress.
People
The VA's CIO wants IT budget restoration
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Roger Baker said his department saved $250 million through management discipline of IT projects in fiscal 2010.
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