Modernization
Agencies get creative to recruit acquisition workforce
Administration officials say new ideas are being tried to expand the acquisition workforce.
Cybersecurity
Agencies told to target money for tech projects
Agencies should design their science and technology spending plans for fiscal 2011 around priorities reflected in the economic stimulus law and the fiscal 2010 budget, administration officials say.
Ideas
GSA Issues RFQ for Cloud Services
A <a href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=84317cbecb74c1f08471a130fc61933e&tab=core&_cview=0&cck=1&au=&ck=">special notice</a> posted by the General Services Administration on FedBizOps contains the first set of requirements for vendors interested in offering cloud computing services through GSA's <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090715_3532.php?oref=search">online cloud storefront</a>.
Digital Government
Hathaway's departure renews worries about cyber czar vacancy
Federal Computer Week
Digital Government
Critics: White House playing 'Big Brother' in health care debate
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Digital Government
Google, Microsoft executives criticize Obama's e-health records plan
Officials want White House to give patients access to their medical records and to focus on managing health data, not on the specifics of the electronic health record.
Modernization
GSA lays groundwork for online cloud computing store
Notice outlines the first set of requirements for vendors interested in offering software as a service.
Digital Government
Defense hands over commercial satellite procurement to GSA
Consolidating purchases worth $5 billion during 10 years could save up to 15 percent in satellite communications costs, according to government officials.
Digital Government