People

Why agencies can't attract top talent

Federal agencies may be their own worst enemy when it comes to recruiting top performers.

People

Grassley questions costs of SES training

Some SES training courses cost 460 percent more than private universities and over 1,000 percent more than most public universities, a senior senator says.

People

Dan Chenok heads to IBM in June

Former OMB official Chenok will work in IBM's Global Business Services and be a senior fellow at IBM’s Center for The Business of Government.

Acquisition

Governmentwide contracting: In praise of duplication and overlap

Blogger Steve Kelman writes that the problem of having different prices for the same item across various contracts is better than having just one bad price everywhere.

People

Smithsonian boosts online sharing with Web 2.0

The Smithsonian Institution is promoting a number of Web 2.0 programs.

People

Australia, U.K. put government data online

Government 2.0 leaders from Australia and the United Kingdom are working to enhance transparency and put data online.

Modernization

Presented by Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners

Presented by Lockheed Martin and its Cyber Security Alliance partners

Cybersecurity

Soundbytes: Undies, Bureaucrats and Blue Ribbons

A weekly roundup of comments from Nextgov.com. All comments are presented in their original, unedited form.

Digital Government

First responders still struggle to communicate, despite technology standards

Various interpretations of P25 specifications hamper interoperability among radio systems.

Digital Government

Debate focuses on how to protect users' privacy if Web-tracking tools are allowed on federal sites

OMB expected to relax ban on agencies' use of cookies and other analytics to collect information on visitors' online activities.

Digital Government

Eight named Nextgov Award winners

Federal managers recognized for taking risks, overcoming bureaucratic inertia and cultural resistance to roll out technology that improves government performance.

Cybersecurity

Cyber chief to name admired Senate staffer to deputy post, sources say

Cybersecurity experts praise the impending appointment of Sameer Bhalotra as a 'coup for Howard Schmidt.'

Cybersecurity

TSA's Database of Jerks

For nearly three years, the Transportation Security Administration has been assembling a database of airline passengers who are overly rude or threaten a screener. USAToday published an <a href=http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-05-24-TSA-threatening-fliers-watch-list_N.htm>article</a> on the database Monday, reporting:

Ideas

With Oil Spill, DOI Quickly Hires CIO

The Interior Department, saddled with handling the Gulf Coast oil spill, on Wednesday quickly moved to appoint a new chief information officer, Bernard J. Mazer. He will replace Sanjeev Bhagowalia, who joined the General Services Administration on Monday.