Acquisition
Will contracting savings plans translate into budget cuts?
Blogger Steve Kelman believes that OMB should avoid inadvertently penalizing agencies that come up with aggressive plans for saving contracting dollars.
People
Who's lurking on that social network?
Do you like to learn your peers' perceptions but don't want to share your own shards of wisdom? Then you may just be a social network lurker.
People
What Does Craig Newmark Recommend?
The founder and chief customer service rep of Craigslist is also a 2010 Federal 100 award winner for his work in helping agencies with citizen outreach.
Cybersecurity
Recommended Reading
DARPA gets proactive about cybersecurity; Hollywood has a long history of making movies about hackers; and it might be time to rethink your approach to employee evaluations.
Acquisition
SBA tries again to help women-owned businesses get contracts
The Small Business Administration today proposed a procurement set-aside rule that would give women business-owners more opportunities in federal contracting.
Ideas
Service Academy Apps Go Paperless
Applying for nomination to West Point just got a little faster and more environmentally friendly. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday announced the launch of an <a href=http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden/academy-nominations>online application</a> for several U.S. service academies.
Digital Government
Military still gives thumbs down to thumb drives
Despite relaxing the all out ban on using portable storage devices on Defense Department computer systems, it appears thumb drives will not return to the military services anytime soon.
Digital Government
Feds, cybersecurity, cloud security take center stage at RSA 2010
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt and FBI chief Robert Mueller will all be taking the keynote stage at annual RSA Security Conference and Expo.
Digital Government
E-health record system certification requests rise sharply
Since Feb. 12, 46 vendors have applied for certification of their digital record systems from the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
Digital Government
Salvation from the 7 deadly sins of cloud computing
The Cloud Security Alliance released the first version of its "Top Threats to Cloud Computing" report today at the RSA Security Conference.
Digital Government
FDA weighs tighter oversight of health IT apps to protect patients
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government