Cybersecurity
IG faults DHS for breaking rules on some noncompetitive contracts
DHS' Inspector General finds 70 examples where officials didn't follow federal acquisition rules in awarding noncompetitive contracts.
Cybersecurity
IG: DHS needs better management for OneNet
DHS needs better management for its project to consolidate its agencies' network infrastructures, the department's inspector general found.
People
Klossner: The secret of success in federal IT cartooning
In the 13-plus years I have been drawing cartoons for FCW, I have often needed a high learning curve on cartoon topics, writes John Klossner.
Digital Government
Get a Life!: Be thankful the fiscal year ends in September
The race to award contracts and close the books as the fiscal year winds down is a government tradition -- but the September 30 date is fairly recent.
Digital Government
Bill would let some growing companies keep small business contracts
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
E-Verify prepared for surge in worker eligibility queries
E-Verify successfully processes an increase in requests to verify employees working at companies that won government contracts after Sept. 8.
Digital Government
The FOUO Debate
Some readers took exception to my posting last week of a high-level <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/09/us_cyber_command_-_the_wiring_diagram.php>wiring diagram for the U.S. Cyber Command</a>, which was labeled "For Official Use Only," a.k.a. FOUO.
Digital Government
Managing Your Online Reputation
Nearly half of U.S. human resources professionals are using social networks to research job candidates at least occasionally, according to a new <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007268">survey</a> by Harris Interactive and CareerBuilder.com. The survey found that HR professionals were most likely to use search engines such as Yahoo! or Google to research candidates online (41 percent), followed by Facebook (29 percent) and LinkedIn (26 percent).
Ideas
Apps.gov is Live
Just ahead of Vivek Kundra's scheduled 1 p.m. announcement, the new cloud computing storefront, Apps.gov is live. The initial offerings include four categories of services currently offered by vendors on the GSA Schedules: Business Apps, Cloud IT Services, Productivity Apps and Social Media Apps.
Cybersecurity