Cybersecurity
Top 5 challenges for the cyber coordinator
President Barack Obama's pledge to appoint a cybersecurity policy coordinator at the White House has drawn cheers, a few jeers and a long to-do list.
Acquisition
10 companies that are on the move in the federal market
These 10 companies are at the leading edge of technology and business trends, and their impact will resonate throughout the government market and beyond.
People
5 talking points for a debate about employee poaching
Federal managers are taking a closer look at what government contractors have to offer. But it’s not their products or services the managers are after: It’s their employees.
Ideas
Defense Giant Passes Away
The defense acquisition, systems and software engineering communities lost one of the true giants this week with the passing Monday of retired Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer at the age of 83.
Digital Government
CMS provides guidance to states on stimulus grants for health IT
Incentive payments would encourage providers to adopt electronic medical records.
Digital Government
Government outlines plan for contractor performance database
Contracting officials would be required to check the new Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System before signing high-value deals.
Digital Government
Cyber Command eyeing new DISA headquarters for its base
Sources and internal Navy brief indicate the new command could displace the agency at Fort Meade, complicating an effort to convince DISA employees to move.
Digital Government
White House reverses its ban on access to visitor logs
But some open government groups call for real-time disclosure, saying the executive office's decision to post the records online after 90 to 120 days is too long to wait.
Ideas
VA Touts Results for Telework Day
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine's office today promoted the results of the Commonwealth's <a href="http://www.teleworkexchange.com/teleworkdayreport/">Telework Day</a>, which took place on Aug. 3. According to Kaine's spokesperson Lisa Torphy, 95 percent of the more than 4,200 employees who took part in the event were Virginia-based employees, including more than 2,200 federal employees.
Ideas
O Gov Directive Making a Comeback
A White House transparency initiative announced the day after the Inauguration -- the details of which have been <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Data-from-Public-Consultation-on-Open-Government/">delayed for months</a> -- is about to make a comeback, according to officials with the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
People