Acquisition
DOD bills put focus on acquisition, insourcing
In their respective defense authorization bills, the House and Senate are attempting to end quotas and limit cost-comparison factors while strengthening acquisition processes.
Digital Government
5 top security suites for teleworkers
Agencies are requiring robust home security software for the growing number of people working from home. The GCN Lab reviews five antivirus and antispam suites that can handle the job.
Digital Government
A cyber bill worth enacting
The long-awaited Senate cybersecurity bill, introduced by Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Thomas Carper, succeeds in providing a greater good in defending against cyberattacks and deserves to be enacted.
Digital Government
With social media, State embraces disruption
New technology is disruptive. But the State Department has decided that social networking can be used for agencies and against them, and its presence cannot be ignored, says the department's social media guru, Jared Cohen.
Digital Government
Why 2010 is the year of the virtual data center
Agencies focused on virtualized servers for greater efficiency are seeing only half of the picture, according to Christopher Poelker, vice president of Enterprise Solutions at FalconStor Software. A look at why 2010 will emerge as the year for virtualized storage virtual data centers.
Digital Government
Enough Tools to Telework?
Ninety-three percent of federal employees believe it is important that they continue working during an emergency or disaster, and a clear majority of those employees believe they have the tools and resources to function remotely, according to a new study by the Government Business Council and CDW Government.
Modernization
Air Traffic Organization charts opportunity in cloud computing, social media
The FAA's Air Traffic Organization is exploring using cloud computing for data centers, asset management and virtualization, according to CIO Steve Cooper.
Ideas
Data.gov To House New APIs
A series of new application programming interfaces - tools that facilitate interaction between datasets and other software programs - will make it easier for developers to play and interact with the content on <a href="http://www.data.gov/">Data.gov</a>, the online repository of federal information and a cornerstone of the open government initiative.
Digital Government
Internet fraud reporting system launched
What do the FBI, Microsoft and the American Bankers Association all have in common? Answer: They're all collaborating against online fraud.
Digital Government
Wanted: A few good IT pros
A survey of IT managers and recruiters by the Dice Report finds that 71 percent expect to hire more staff members in the second half of the year than they did in the first, and 30 percent said salaries for new hires are on the rise.
Digital Government
Meeting the prime minister of the Palestinian authority
Dr. Salaam Fayyad tells Steve Kelman's group about the Palestinian Authority's desire to build up governing capabilities in anticiaption of independence from Israel.
Digital Government
FAA, European Commission partner on air traffic overhaul
Organizations sign a memorandum of understanding to work together on their respective modernization programs to create a seamless system for transoceanic flights.
Digital Government
Redesigned TSP website is still in testing phase
Board is committed to making site 'better, faster and more secure.'
Modernization
For contractors, offering federal cloud services is a risky business
Security and data retention requirements specific to the government raise the stakes for vendors to make sure they frame their services correctly, law firm says.
Digital Government