People

IT management reform: Here's the plan

OMB unveiled a 25-step plan to keep government programs from running into trouble.

Cybersecurity

10 red-hot stories at FCW.com

Oil spills, lousy managers and the pay debates top the list of most popular topics among FCW readers.

Digital Government

The new deal: Wi-Fi in every federal building

Under a bipartisan bill introduced Dec. 3, all publicly accessible federal buildings would be equipped with new wireless equipment.

People

Buzz Factor

These were the most-read stories on FCW.com in the past two weeks.

Digital Government

WikiLeaks: Don't peek, don't yell

WikiLeaks' latest release of sensitive government information prompted the Office of Management and Budget to take a necessary but impractical stance.

Ideas

Phone Calls and E-Mails from Space

Digital Government

Gates and Duct Tape

Digital Government

OMB Calls for IT Workforce Reforms

Digital Government

5 most talked-about stories of 2010 at FCW.com

Here are the stories that attracted the most comments from FCW.com readers.

Digital Government

6 ideas with some 2011 bounce

These 2010 trends show a lot of potential for forward spin.

Modernization

The plain truth about plain-language practices

The General Services Administration and the Federal Web Managers Council have created an online guide giving agencies tips to comply with the Plain Language Act of 2010.

Modernization

Agency data dwells in private home -- for now

Agencies are gravitating toward private clouds, but some say the bigger payoff is in the public version.

People

Government data sharing gets past the warm-up

More data than ever is available on government websites, but the hard part has just begun.

Acquisition

The reinvention of insourcing

Experts say the program faces an uncertain future in 2011.

People

Can grand design be driven to extinction?

The administration's plan to hasten the end of giant, trouble-plagued IT projects depends on achieving two objectives.

People

New ideas for idea competitions

The government needs to re-energize its approach to crowdsourcing innovation competitions — now that people are willing to help.

Cybersecurity

Countering the consumerization of IT

Smart phones and tablets are turning up in the government workplace, raising new security and management concerns.