People

GSA: Watch late-year spending

Officials remind GSA's contracting officers about taking on too much work too late into the fiscal year.

People

Panel flags DHS transition fears

Staffing, stability key to smooth change in administrations, study finds.

People

FCW Insider: The other USA.gov video

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People

Former Interior CIO Tipton to lead (ISC)2

Hord Tipton is the new executive director of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, replacing Eddie Zeitler.

People

Buzz of the Week: A community in action

Last week, we got a lesson in community. We saw how quickly those bonds can assert themselves after an accident involving a longtime fed.

People

The state of the acquisition workforce

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy learned exactly what contracting specialist were spending their time doing through a survey.

People

What acquisition employees want

Caring and feeding for midcareer acquisition staffers keep them from leaving for other agencies.

People

NASA employees continue HSPD-12 fight

The agency’s managers, scientists and engineers clash over workforce issues.

People

Some telework security guidelines

Telework.gov offers links to various tools, relevant guidance and legislation related to telework.

Digital Government

Another out-of-the-office option

Telework centers offer alternative worksites with fewer comforts but help reduce employees’ travel time.

Modernization

DISA to offer on-demand computing environment in 2009

IT developers will be able to pay monthly for computing resources to test new software applications.

Digital Government

Billing problems to third-party insurers plague VA

Systems failure to track payments bring into question $1.7 billion in unbilled services, GAO says.

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Former Interior CIO Lands at ISC Squared

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Digital Government

New York state considers accrediting RHIOs

State officials will rely on RHIOs to govern health information exchanges and want to be able to assure stakeholders that they're up to the task.

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IT Advances, Laws and Policies Don't

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Tipton named executive director at (ISC)2

W. Hord Tipton replaces Eddie Zeitler at the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium.

Modernization

OMB: Agencies must shed more gateways

The federal government will have fewer than 100 external Internet connections near the end of fiscal 2009 to improve security, an Office of Management and Budget official said today.

Digital Government

Medicare bill rewards providers for e-prescribing

Beginning in October, doctors would get bonuses for using e-prescribing and face fee reductions if they don't adopt the technology by 2012.