People
Former NSA official joins Capitol College
W. Victor Maconachy has been appointed vice president and chief academic officer.
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.
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.
Digital Government
Committee readies recommendations to extend broad health privacy protections
HHS advisory panel issues draft report calling for new laws and rules to cover nearly everyone who handles medical records.
People
SBA drafts policy on authorizing access to employee e-mail
The agency's CIO told senior managers to halt e-mail retrievals without prior approval from the CIO's office.
Acquisition
Web extra: Waxman on competition in federal contracting
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, talked about the state of competition in federal contracting in an e-mail interview with Federal Computer Week reporter Matthew Weigelt.FCW: Describe the state of competition in contracting today. Are you concerned?Waxman: I am very concerned about the state of competition in contracting today. Full and open competition has declined sharply under the Bush administration. Between 2000 and 2006, the dollar value of…
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