Digital Government
FAQs for small businesses
Frequently asked questions that small businesses should askif they want to enter the government market
Digital Government
Procurement: Which method to use?
It is a time of change for governmentwide acquisition contracts. What will that mean for how agencies buy goods and services?
People
NARA security classification chief steps down
J. William Leonard has been responsible for overseeing the policies of the governmentwide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program since 2002.
People
Private-sector info-sharing network in works
The Corporate Crisis Response Officers Association, led by former DHS Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson, is working on a network for use in emergencies.
People
McManus to leave government work
The Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer has held the position for less than a year.
People
McManus to leave government work
The Commerce Department's deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer has held the position for less than a year.
Digital Government
Letter: State Department chose bad name for blog
Apparently no one at the department involved with the blog is more than 25 years old, a reader says.
People
DISA setting up new network monitoring center
The Information Sharing Operations Center will gather data about the status of various services feeding data to the military networks for a variety of applications.
People
DISA sees managed services as the future
Agency CIO John Garing wants to expand DISA's use of this approach to software.
Digital Government
Congress passes continuing resolution
The measure avoids a government showdown and gives agencies money to continue their work from 2007.
Digital Government
Letter: Rep. Davis understands workforce woes
But it needs to be tempered with defined agency plans to use the rehired annuitants to train junior and mid-level workers, not merely to fill their old jobs at 1.7 times the pay.
Digital Government
Letter: OPM vague on clearance progress
A reader notes that the agency doesn't specify which investigation is moving faster.
People
GAO employees able to sneak past Border Patrol
The Government Accountability Office says security at the U.S./Canadian border needs to be stronger.
People
State Department opens up with Dipnote blog
Officials hope to take some of the secrecy out of diplomacy though the Web log.
Digital Government
Commerce council to lead tech competitiveness efforts
With the demise of the Technology Administration, the Commerce Technology Council will take on the role of providing a forum for and coordinating technology policy departmentwide.
Acquisition
Meet small-biz goals or face consequences, officials say
That could be one remedy to half of federal departments' missing their small-business contracting goals.
Acquisition