Digital Government
The cyberattack that awakened the Pentagon
Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn today outlined the five pillars of the DOD’s strategy for defending against and responding to cyber attacks against the nation’s critical infrastructure and .mil networks.
Digital Government
SBA names its minority small business person of the year
Patrick Hughes of Hughes Group LLC wins the Minority Small Business Person of the Year award from the Small Business Administration.
Digital Government
PowerPoint, Firefox, other apps at risk from Windows vulnerability
Exploits are already being published for newly confirmed security hole, which results from a Dynamic Link Library flaw. Hundreds of apps could be affected, and they would have to be patched individually.
Digital Government
Industry anticipates MUMPS decision on VA's VistA modernization
Industry members have strong opinions on whether the Veterans Affairs Department should retain VistA's existing computer language is it becomes modernized
Digital Government
Doctors cry, 'Enough!'
IT folks, in their perpetual quest to protect computerized data, favor ever-more-complicated user passwords. Doctors are crying, "Enough!"
Acquisition
Despite more competition, single-bid contracts stay steady
Noncompetitive contracts declined from fiscal 2005 to fiscal 2009, but contracts receiving only one bid remained steady, GAO says.
Acquisition
More are upbeat among the new generation of contracting professionals
Steve Kelman talks to a new crop of future contracting professionals.
Digital Government
GSA fast tracks requirements for FedRAMP
The General Services Administration is in the final stages of shoring up the requirements for a governmentwide program to certify and accredit cloud computing products and services.
Digital Government
GSA names chief financial officer
Alison Doone, currently the Internal Revenue Service's CFO, will assume the same position with the General Services Adminsistration.
Digital Government
Five years after Katrina, government IT still feels storm's fury
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Most CBP agents not trained in how to conduct border laptop searches
Fierce Government IT
Digital Government
Soundbytes: Cyber Defense and the Importance of Proper Neckwear
A weekly roundup of comments from Nextgov.com. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.
Modernization
Agencies bust myth of year-end buying sprees
Once thought of as spendthrifts when September came, some officials now align their information technology purchases with executives' top initiatives and mission-critical services.
Digital Government
Defense looks for ways to detect insiders stealing classified files
Program would expose anyone conducting network searches, probing file index systems and copying information back to a computer.
Modernization