Cybersecurity

IT firm taps former intelligence official for new cybersecurity arm

Recent hiring decisions and new information security centers show the field's growing importance, analyst says.

Digital Government

Report says medical equipment is vulnerable to terrorists

Some machines used in disease prevention contain radioactive material that also goes into creating dirty bombs.

Digital Government

OMB: Progress slow on issuing ID cards

E-government chief says less than a third of eligible personnel have received their secure cards under presidential directive.

Cybersecurity

E-Verify postponed for contractors

The enforcement of a new rule that requires federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to check employee work eligibility has been postponed until Feb. 20.

People

Power positions: Federal positions on the front lines

A small number of politically appointed agency executives will set and enforce President-elect Barack Obama's policy and management initiatives.

Modernization

Gathering storm

Cloud computing might be the Internet’s greatest feat yet, but will government latch on?

Cybersecurity

Satisfied employees prove value

Good management has a role in making employees feel engaged and important, and evokes better performance.

Digital Government

Ink Tank

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People

The Change Game

FCW begins this week, before the inauguration of the new president, with a special report on the top agenda items from the outgoing administration that will carry over into the new one.

People

CPO pick signals emphasis on accountability

President-elect Barack Obama’s creation of a chief performance officer probably in the White House means he’s serious about pushing agencies to perform better, be accountable and transparent, and deliver significant results, say experts in federal management.

Cybersecurity

President-elect Barack Obama names a chief performance officer? Yawn.

The move generated a fair amount of buzz last week, but nothing compared with the ongoing speculation and debates about Obama’s eventual appointment of a governmentwide chief technology officer.

Modernization

FBI goes global on threats

Law enforcement officials continue to face challenges in the age of global interconnectedness and criminal behavior that operates without regard to national borders.