Cybersecurity
Obama picks leader for DHS directorate
Robert "Rand" Beers would lead the Homeland Security Department's National Protection and Programs Directorate, which includes DHS' cybersecurity programs.
People
Get a Life!: Work life balance has no gender
A new study that finds balancing work and family has no gender, and work life is likely to be a priority of the new OPM director, writes blogger Judy Welles.
Digital Government
Argonne Laboratory uses RFID to monitor nuclear shipments
Government Computer News
Cybersecurity
IT contractors split on likely effects of Obama policies
Large firms concerned about proposals aimed at reducing role of contractors.
Digital Government
Opponents protest Obama's proposed rule in his Web 2.0 style
Heritage Foundation turns to social networking to try to preserve conscience protections for health care workers.
Cybersecurity
Electric grid breaches symptomatic of deeper cybersecurity gaps
Observers say networked environment and lax regulation of private sector companies make critical infrastructure particularly difficult to protect.
Acquisition
IG: DOD, NIH need to clean up GWAC deals
Contracting officials waste money by awarding task orders without adequate competition, DOD auditors found.
People