Modernization
HHS to help push 'text4baby' service to 1 million
Mothers and mothers-to-be can sign up for the free text4baby mobile health program being expanded this month with help from the Health and Human Services Department.
People
Federal pay raise challenged, but union head defends it
Colleen Kelley, president of a federal employee union, argues that federal salaries are not excessive.
People
Education plan outlines IT goals
The Education Department released its final plan for leveraging technology to improve learning and teaching.
People
5 enduring flaws of IT performance
A group of current and former government executives has identified five perpetual but fixable problems with government IT performance, Alan Balutis writes.
Modernization
PowerPoint: Your guide to loving it, hating it or leaving it
FCW cartoonist and blogger John Klossner provides some handy tips for loving PowerPoint -- or for getting more time to spend with your family.
People
10 ways to improve IT project management
In advance of OMB’s upcoming big announcement, blogger Alan Balutis offers up some last minute suggestions on how to improve IT management.
People
Are there any good GS-9 jobs out there?
The federal government could do a better job of keeping young feds on the job if it created more opportunities for them to do interesting work, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Cyber Command puts its philosophy into action
The Defense Department in 2010 established a unified Cyber Command and set to work on a new philosophy on how to defend networks.
Digital Government