Modernization

2007 in review

A look back at 2007 in the pages of Federal Computer Week

Acquisition

Hot or not: Acquisition was a hot spot

Agencies built a foundation for improving workforce skills and contracting practices

People

Editorial: New Year’s resolutions

As 2007 comes to an end, we look ahead to opportunities next year.

People

Hot or not: With tech, there's always change

New technologies kept federal managers from falling into any routine

People

Groups want deference to veterans preference

Some veterans groups say that the system designed to bolster former service members' hiring needs to be expanded.

People

Intell's wiki pied piper

GenXer Chris Rasmussen argues that Web 2.0, like Intellipedia, can help break barriers.

People

Welles: All work and no play

Why don’t information technology employees seek the downtime that the rest of us need?

Digital Government

Bush signs continuing resolution

Congress passed an amended continuing resolution that will expire Dec. 21.

People

Senators support chief management officer positions

Sens. Daniel Akaka and George Voinovich say CMOs would help agencies make management a higher priority.

People

Sprehe: Foolish secrecy

Lag time in releasing 8.5 million World War II records is an example of misguided classification policies

People

Lawmakers: Make agency Web sites more open to search engines

Lawmakers and open government advocates call for the use of a protocol to make information easier to find.

Acquisition

Kelman: Too many contractors?

The government’s egalitarian pay structure helps explain some outsourcing decisions

Acquisition

Federal spending database defies doubters

The Office of Management and Budget unveils a system to track contracts, loans and grants governmentwide.

People

FBI delays upgrades to fingerprint databases

Its Criminal Justice Information Service Division will award a $1 billion contract for the work next month, about a month behind schedule, sources said.

People

Test feds' info security savvy, report suggests

Despite being aware of policies, federal workers continue to violate them, according to a new report by SecureInfo.

People

DHS puts cybersecurity toward top of 2008 to-do list

Secretary Michael Chertoff praised the department's progress in 2007 on increased involvement with fusion centers, biometrics, ID cards and border security.

People

Letter: The word is out: DOD gyps employees

DOD no longer has to provide meaningful wage increases that keep pace with inflation.

People

Air Force desktop initiative named top cybersecurity success story

A new report also recognizes the Security Content Automation Program, Einstein, SCADA and other programs.

People

VA renews QuadraMed health data contract

The agency will continue using QuadraMed's encoder software to help with managing health information and billing and compliance workflow.