Digital Government
6 reasons to worry about cybersecurity
The adoption of new technologies and platforms, such as cloud computing and social networking, opens new avenues for increasingly sophisticated attacks. Meanwhile, old methods of attacks are getting smarter.
Digital Government
State looks to consolidate citizen services
The State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs is looking to replace the existing suite of passport and U.S. citizen services systems and develop a new set of information management tools.
Digital Government
OPM: Feds Underpaid 22 Percent
The debate over whether federal employees are paid significantly higher than their private sector counterparts has made headlines recently. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry issued a statement late Monday contending that such stories are "unfair and untrue," noting that they make comparisons based on gross averages, including retail and restaurant service workers and other entry-level positions that reduce private sector pay in comparison to the federal average.
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Bringing the Government Printing Office into the digital world
The Washington Post
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Missile Defense Agency chief wants fewer sole-source contracts
As the Defense Department explores ways to trim spending from the Pentagon budget, the Missile Defense Agency is focusing more heavily on competition for multibillion-dollar contracts.
Cybersecurity
NASA sets its sights on off-loading IT functions and boosting security
Space agency turns to cloud computing for cost and energy efficiency while meeting open government goals.
Digital Government
You're never too young to learn fiscal responsibility
Treasury Direct Kids provides children with simple explanations of financial terms, games and cartoons.
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Employees still pose biggest security threat, survey finds
Almost 60 percent of government security experts say agency insiders who have access to sensitive information are the most likely cyber criminals.
Digital Government
VA moves toward open source for electronic health record system
By asking industry to provide ideas for using free code to modernize its network, the Veterans Affairs Department could 'drive expansion' of digital medical files nationwide.
Digital Government
Is the economy holding back your retirement?
A good bit of the traffic we have on our FederalSoup Web site is related in one way or another to impending retirements from federal service.
Ideas
Squaring Off on Recovery Jobs
The chairman of the board that oversees Recovery.gov released on Monday a statement promoting the transparency of the stimulus-tracking website, just as Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee alleged the site is a public relations effort aimed at inflating the accomplishments of the administration.
Cybersecurity
Photo of the Day
Yes, that's Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security Subcommittee and <a href=http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/04/critical_agency_cyber_reports_prod_senate_action.php>author of cybersecurity bills</a>, standing next to a Nerf gun "modified to hold long-range antennas and a computer that can monitor data sent over wireless networks."
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