Cybersecurity

Democrats seek Obama's help on cybersecurity

Plan would protect critical information technology systems from attacks.

Digital Government

VA seeks to turn employee-generated ideas into reality

Department puts out proposals to advance development of winning worker proposals in health IT contest.

Modernization

Agencies wary of handing over security management to cloud providers

Officials still want to manage certain controls internally, report finds.

Cybersecurity

No Quick Fix

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's financial management system is in trouble, but the solution to its problems could be several years away. That's a lifetime in the cyber world.

Digital Government

On Independence Day, who was free from techno tyranny?

On the approach of the July Fourth weekend, we asked readers to declare their independence from the oppression workplace tools. See what devices, gadgets and apps they chose to take a holiday from.

Digital Government

Contract association names new board of directors

The National Contract Management Association named its 2010-2011 board of directors.

Digital Government

Never say 'Never' on DOD data center outsourcing

William Brougham, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s vice director for network services, said the chances of the Pentagon outsourcing data centers are slim, but he stopped short of ruling it out all together.

Digital Government

Windows 8 details may have been leaked

Slides purporting to show Windows 8 features, release date, have emerged on the Web.

Digital Government

Customs directorate automates its acquisition cycle

The Customs and Border Protection Procurement Directorate has developed a Web-based knowledge management system that automates the acquisition cycle and expands the exchange of information among its geographically dispersed workforce.

Digital Government

Don't Oversell Telework?

While establishing telework programs at federal agencies will no doubt help recruit the next generation of federal employees, it's also important that agencies do not "oversell" the benefit to federal applicants, two agency representatives said Thursday.

People

Open government plans updated, criticized

Agencies are revising their open government plans to respond to audits and feedback they've gotten since the first plans came out in April.

Cybersecurity

Spymasters in search of forecasting software to enhance intell analysis

The research organization for intelligence agencies wants organizations to propose research to develop methods that provide more accurate, precise and timely intelligence forecasts.

Digital Government

600,000 Teleworking by 2014?

The federal government should set a goal of having at least 600,000 federal employees teleworking by 2014, according to a new report by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Ideas

Undiplomatic Tweets

People

Senators press OFPP chief on mandatory BPAs

Officials disagree about mandating the use of certain purchasing agreements even for the most ordinary items, such as office supplies.