People
Kundra mania!
Tech journalists and bloggers have high hopes that Vivek Kundra can usher in a new technological era in the federal government.
Cybersecurity
Kundra picks up cybersecurity mantle
The new federal CIO pushes for cybersecurity reviews and a more global view of federal concerns.
People
Kundra era signals digital shift for government
Federal CIO should tap pockets of agency innovators to overcome budget, culture barriers to broad Web 2.0 approach.
Digital Government
Obama wants contracting overhaul
Agencies will begin to bring outsourced work back to the government and will use more fixed-price contracts under President Barack Obama's agenda.
Modernization
Obama tries YouTube alternative
While negotiations continue with Google, the Obama administration experiments with other video systems.
Ideas
Stimulate This
TechAmerica, the technology industry association formed by the merger of the Information Technology Association of America and AeA, sponsored a luncheon today where they offered the industry's take on the estimated $100 billion set aside for IT in the recently passed economic stimulus bill.
Digital Government
SO-A What
John Burrow, deputy commander of the Marine Corps Systems Command, may have put the brakes on the continued proliferation of the buzz phrase <em>de jour</em>: Service-Oriented Architecture, better known as SOA.
People
17 words that will change acquisition
A small provision in the $787 billion stimulus law could mean big changes in government contracting.
Cybersecurity
Homeland Security information security improves
As the component agencies that make up the Homeland Security Department integrate more fully, information security is improving.
Modernization
Twitter, blogs and other Web 2.0 tools revolutionize government business
Here is a sampling of how Web 2.0 has changed the way some government managers take care of business.
Modernization
4 reasons e-records are still a mess
The federal government’s struggle to preserve official e-mail messages and other digital records is likely to continue during the Obama administration.
Modernization
Billions in stimulus money seen for technology
About $100 billion in economic stimulus funding is slated for technology projects, according to an analysis by the TechAmerica trade association.
People
FCW Insider: A search for Rising Stars
FCW soon will begin taking nominations for the 2009 Rising Star awards. Meanwhile, here are a few guidelines to consider.
Acquisition
House committee establishes acquisition panel
The new defense acquisition panel will help guide reforms in the next two defense authorization bills, the House Armed Services Committee says.
Cybersecurity
Also in the News: National Cybersecurity Center chief steps down
Rod Beckstrom, the head of the Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity Center, has resigned, according to the DorobekInsider.
Modernization
IRS drops private tax collectors
The tax agency found that federal employees were more cost effective than the debt contractors.
Modernization
GAO: Census technology needs more testing
Individual technology systems and their ability to integrate need to be tested before the 2010 census, government auditors say.
Modernization