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.

Ideas

Obama To Release Toxin Data Early

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Ideas

GSA expands TIC awards

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Ideas

LOC offers more digital content

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People

FCW Insider: In defense of security certifications

One reader offers a dissenting view on the value of requiring security professionals to achieve industry-standard certification.

People

Chilton: Cybersecurity is each user's responsibility

Some of the military's vulnerability to cyberattacks is because users don't take security seriously, general says.

People

House chairmen want to stop performance pay

Senior Democrats urge OMB to review how to improve federal performance management following the freeze of DOD’s pay-for-performance system.

Cybersecurity

FEMA publishes reorganization details

The agency describes details of its recent reorganizations and says the changes do not effect its substance.