Acquisition
GSA issues stricter rules on year-end spending requests
Agency asks for breathing room to award contracts before the end of the fiscal year.
Modernization
Personal data: Up close and impersonal
Encrypted indexing techniques let security agencies exchange information more freely without sacrificing personal privacy.
Modernization
DHS issues first large task order under Networx
The agency wants to build its OneNet intranet for sensitive but unclassified information through the governmentwide telecommunications contract.
Digital Government
Report: Align disparate security regs before imposing more
Lawmakers should consider harmonizing various security laws to provide uniform protections, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service.
People
Air Force seeks new ideas for support missions
It wants technologies that could offset limitations such as force reductions and budget shortfalls.
People
EPA CIO wants better search capabilities
The growing number of agency documents that are converted into digital formats and dumped online is the source of the problem, Molly O'Neill said.
People
Army CIO's new 500-day plan mirrors old one
The vision, mission and six strategic goals remain unchanged, but the new plan lays out a series of 20 new or updated objectives.
People