Acquisition
Small-biz contracting: The nightmares continue
Another case of alleged misdoings in small-business contracting could keep contracting officers awake at night.
People
Breaking the big taboo: How much do you make?
GovLoop members discuss the discomfort that comes with making the federal pay system transparent, writes Andrew Krzmarzick.
Digital Government
Federal employment—a family business?
In the old days, careers often ran in families. If your father and grandfather were blacksmiths, well, there was a good chance you’d be one, too. Fewer of those multigenerational career tracks are out there today.
Digital Government
GAO: Federal background checks can be risky business
Investigators could allow personal information to slip through the cracks, audit finds.
Modernization
State Department supports boosting women's cell phone access in developing nations
Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair launch an initiative to increase mobile access, which typically provide greater economic and social benefits.
Cybersecurity
Officials say agency real-time surveillance not likely this year
White House wants summaries of cyber threats based on real-time data by Nov. 15, but many still don't have the necessary technology in place.
Digital Government
Federal Pension Insights
Government Executive's Editor-in-Chief Tom Shoop helped bring some facts to the debate over the generosity and funding of government employee pension plans when he appeared on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio on Thursday.
Digital Government
Dick Tracy Inspired
The Army continues to push into the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers>Buck Rogers</a> Age.
Ideas
$1 Trillion Savings from Tech?
A group of corporate technology executives has developed a <a href=http://www.techceocouncil.org/storage/documents/TCC_One_Trillion_Reasons_FINAL.pdf>plan</a> that they say can reduce the federal deficit by $1 trillion over the next ten years while enhancing citizen services.
Cybersecurity
Critical Adobe Patches
Adobe published a pretty big <a href="http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/10/06/mac.updates.for.9x.and.82x.available.now/">patch</a> on Wednesday for its reader and <a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3806">acrobat programs</a>.
Digital Government
E-Health and Privacy
With the push for e-health records, "not everyone is taking the proper steps to de-personalize the data and protect patients."
Digital Government
How technology can reinvigorate the education system
President Barack Obama set a goal of making the United States first in the world in post-secondary academic degrees by 2020, and Jim Shelton says technology is what will get us there.
People
OMB's hold on financial systems comes with a price
An OMB-mandated pause on financial system projects is likely to diminish momentum on modernization efforts, write Laurance Alvarado and John Cox, senior directors at Alvarez and Marsal.
People
4 steps toward better collaboration in government
KPMG's Mark Forman identifies four changes federal agencies could make to take fuller advantage of the latest breed of collaboration software.
Digital Government