Digital Government
How a lawn mowing contract is changing Defense acquisition
One way the Pentagon will meet Secretary Gate's goal to cut $100 billion in spending will be to replicate the Naval Sea Systems Command's standard solicitations for services, which increase competition and save money.
Digital Government
Turning to Interns
<em>Government Executive</em> <a href=http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=46112&dcn=todaysnews>reports</a> the Army is looking to hire hundreds of entry-level and midcareer contracting specialists and insource more than 4,000 acquisition-related jobs during the next five years.
Digital Government
Health IT Group Urges Restraint
As the government considers which "quality measures" to include in the second round of meaningful use requirements for electronic health records, members of a federal health IT policy committee are urging restraint.
Cybersecurity
Nigerian Hackers Sell Man's House
News of a scam in Australia hit the Web on Wednesday, and I have to say it's a doozy. A man allegedly had his home sold by Nigerian-based scammers, and he had no idea what was going on.
Digital Government
First Define the Terms
The Defense Department forks over about half its annual budget -- about $200 billion -- on acquisition of services such as information technology, transportation and upkeep of bases. It's track record of managing these buys is even worse than its record on the procurement of weapons systems, Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, told a Pentagon press briefing on Tuesday.
Digital Government
New DOD acquisition strategy sparks debate
DOD's leaders want to revamp the Pentagon's acquisition processes, but analyst say much of the guidance isn't new but actually familiar regulations that have failed to be properly implemented in the past.
Acquisition
Army rebuilds acquisition workforce to meet Pentagon reforms
New tactics to save money demand better business arrangements and contracts, and a skilled workforce that can negotiate them, officials say.
Digital Government
9 things feds should know about secure international travel
U.S. citizens, and particualrly U.S. government employees, are targets for for data exploitation, so travelers should assume their devices are being monitored a d should take steps to prevent data theft.
Digital Government
How to manage cybersecurity risks of international travel
International travel poses elevated risks that an organization may never have encountered during the course of normal business operations, and requires security steps before during and after a trip.
Digital Government
Why bother moving to IPv6?
Adoption of the new protocols will be a challenge, and there are ways to work around the shortage of IPv4 address space. But the online world will pass by those who don't make the move to IPv6.
Digital Government
5 critical steps on the road to IPv6
Connecting with the rest of the world could soon require the use of IPv6, and agencies should begin preparing now to use the new protocols.
Digital Government
DARPA wants to blow up military design process, start over
The government's blue-sky R&D agency launches a new effort to reinvent the design and manufacture of defense equipment using computer aid and crowdsourcing.
Digital Government
E-voting system failures lead to call for public clearinghouse
A new report calls for creating a national public searchable database of electronic voting systems' defects and vulnerabilities.
People
White House takes whack at financial management money pits
White House officials have finished the first round of changes to troubled financial system modernization projects across the government after freezing spending on 20 such projects in July.
Digital Government
U.S. Military Buys Portable Movie Theaters
The military is buying portable outdoor movie theaters for its troops.
Digital Government
Saving for that rainy day called ‘retirement’
Well, sometimes it really does help to force people to do what’s good for them. The recent change to provide new feds with automatic enrollment in the Thrift Savings Plan likely will turn out to be one of those things.
Digital Government