Cybersecurity
A new take on personal-use rules
Agencies are reviewing and rewriting their acceptable-use policies to keep them current.
Cybersecurity
IG: DHS makes progress on managing acquisition
The department hasn't met the milestones it needs to perform effective acquisitions, report says.
Cybersecurity
Editorial: Advocating for change
As the year draws to a close, FCW looks back at some of the issues its editors tackled in 2008.
Cybersecurity
Letter: Similar loss of data in Alaska
A reader writes to relate a similar story of lost data for workers applying for Homeland Security-sponsored identification cards.
Digital Government
Letter roundup
A roundup of letters from readers covering topics such as Obama's Blackberry and virtualization.
Digital Government
IRS to review modernization program
The Internal Revenue Service might consider slowing future releases of its modernized database even as the system is making significant progress on the number of tax returns and refunds it processes.
People
Letter: Agencies not able to perform duties is giving away governmental functions
A reader writes that agencies unable to perform central functions without contractors is essentially giving away governmental functions to private companies.
Digital Government
New reform committee leaders raise questions
Industry leaders wonder if the panel will have the same clout it did under its recent chairmen.
People
Biases and decision-making
Studies highlight the numerous obstacles people face when trying to make decisions.
Digital Government
Letter: Government deserves poor performance
A reader writes that government deserves poor performance if it rehires a contractor that has not lived up to standards.
People
The finer art of decision-making
How people reach decisions is just as important as how they carry through.
Digital Government
Letter: 'Drop a dime on crime' not very different
A reader writes to say the GSA's online form to submit possible criminal activity by a contractor is not much than what happens now.
Cybersecurity
Deadlines loom for ITIP contract
Bidders prepare to fight for TSA infrastructure contract.
People
New editor takes the helm at 1105 GIG
David Rapp joins Federal Computer Week as editor-in-chief after a long career as a print journalist and a stint as an Internet entrepreneur.
People
Administration in Review: The transition checklist
Lessons that Obama’s team can learn from the Bush administration.
Digital Government