People

President names new VA secretary

Former Surgeon General James Peake's nomination goes to the Senate for approval.

Acquisition

Legislation: Give service-disabled business owners priority

The House passed a bill that would also help women business owners secure government contracts.

People

Campaign encourages students to consider federal service

The Partnership for Public Service has launched a nationwide effort to encourage college students to pursue careers in the government.

Digital Government

IG: GSA contractors get system access before background checks

Such security lapses have compromised confidential agency information, according to a new report.

People

Former NSA official joins Capitol College

W. Victor Maconachy has been appointed vice president and chief academic officer.

Digital Government

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Digital Government

New commission will advise next president on cybersecurity

Reps. Langevin and McCaul will be co-chairmen of a group of public- and private-sector experts studying the best ways to secure networks.

People

DHS names Duke first deputy undersecretary for management

Elaine Duke had been the agency’s chief procurement officer.

People

GPO expands smart card printing business

The Homeland Security Department places a large order for secure identification cards.

People

DHS names first deputy undersecretary for management

Elaine Duke, formerly DHS' chief procurement officer, will take on the job.

People

OPM expands functions of labor agreement database

Users can now search the site using key words and create reports from available information.

Ideas

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People

Get a Life!: Getting ready to retire?

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People

Agencies fall short on HSPD-12 deadline

OMB cites significant progress in setting the foundation for standard ID cards

Acquisition

Congress looks for price fix

Lawmakers want to curb use of time-and-materials contracts by Defense Department.

Acquisition

New protests stall FedBizOpps

Losing vendors repeat the claim that GSA continues to be wrong in evaluating bids.

Digital Government

FCW Download and Table of Contents

Table of contents of this weeks edition and a few extras.

Digital Government

Buzz of the Week | Emergency information sharing

In California, local and state governments used technologies to handle the disaster, and it was pretty much an all-hands-on-deck situation.