Digital Government
What's Brewin: DISA and Travelocity
Agency’s director pushes Web services and muses about retirement plans.
Digital Government
GSA acting administrator: IT services contract top priority
David Bibb talks about reaction to Lurita Doan’s resignation, smoothing the battered relationship with the agency’s inspector general and giant Alliant and Networks contracts.
Acquisition
NIH seeks input on CIO-SP2i follow-on
The National Institutes of Health is preparing to combine three existing governmentwide acquisition contracts into one.
People
Technology changes states' financial models
Members of a panel of experts say yearly appropriations models can't keep pace with the fast pace of technology innovation.
People
Letter: Doan deserved more support from administration
A reader writes about Lurita Doan's positive work ethic and the resistance she faced in Washington's bureaucracy.
People
Letter: Process to let boomers re-enter workforce needs changes
A reader writes about the difficulties of getting an interview via USAJobs after having held a GS-13 level and working in government for 13 years.
People
Letter: File search options compete with security
Regarding, "Agencies grapple with search and discovery": Effective search is only half the story. USG agencies in particular are reluctant to deploy any enterprise file search capability for security reasons. While intranet search engines exist, for better or worse — usually worse, file search remains a distant dream for most government employees and contractors. We really don't know what we know, much less who we know!Peter GadzinskiWhat do you think? Paste a comment in the…
People
Letter: Longtime employee calls for new system and fair compensation
A reader writes that the National Security Personnel System is bad and employees have "become beta testers for a system that doesn't work and should never have been put in place in its current form."
People
OMB unveils plan to speed security clearances
A proposal from a joint team lays out a general approach to security clearance reform during the next eight months.
Modernization
At Defense, the Time for IPv6 Is Now
The Defense Department's major challenge in implementing IPv6 is the lack of an immediate operational imperative.
Modernization
Will you use IPv6?
Agencies are ready for the next-generation Internet, which could revolutionize the delivery of public services. But will they take advantage of it?
Digital Government
Managing Technology: Use a Safety Net
Telework and network access are critical to continuity of operations, IT officials say.
Digital Government
Official: Airlines best suited to run fingerprint program
DHS policy chief cautioned shifting the responsibility of taking fingerprints of foreigners leaving the nation's airports to the federal government would likely lead to flight disruptions.
Digital Government
DISA gets ready for next-generation Internet
Lack of commercial products and funds drained by the war effort threatens to slow progress, say agency managers.
Digital Government
Clinton introduces bill to post contractor violations on the Web
Searchable database would include self-reported criminal actions and government overpayments.
Cybersecurity
Nuclear agency debuts highly secure network
In addition to enhanced security, network provides dramatic increase in bandwidth.
People