People

GAO releases guide to monitor program costs

The agency has released a draft of its GAO Cost Assessment Guide, intended to establish a consistent approach to managing program costs governmentwide.

People

ITS names Alliant team

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Acquisition

Are reverse auctions paying off?

Government officials plan to gauge the auctions' success through two surveys.

People

State CIOs' priority: Consolidating data centers

They seek to to improve their service delivery, reinforce their ability to protect systems and the data they contain, reduce costs, and streamline IT functions, according to a NASCIO report.

People

IT public relations firm names new execs

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People

Forest Service wants internal IT call center

The agency is seeking proposals for a center that would resolve common and simple problems for agency employees.

Ideas

More Calls for Cameras

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Ideas

Can't Get IT Right for Vulnerable Kids

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Acquisition

GSA opens competition for federal funding database

The agency decides against a sole-source award and competes contract with small businesses.

Modernization

Editorial: Praising experimentation

Web 2.0 technologies may be difficult to assess in terms of ROI, but there is potential in those technologies.

People

Congress takes aim at US-VISIT

DHS must fix security holes; funding may be cut.

Modernization

FlipSide

Top 10 tech hits at 25.

People

Feds’ citizenship checks expanded

Agencies caught in the immigration debate; DHS system to check worker data.

People

Virtual sergeant does recruiting

Army creates an intelligent search tool to assist overworked service recruiters.

Acquisition

Feds earn low grades from SBA

Half of all agencies received failing marks on first rating of small-business contracting.

People

SmartBuy deals for e-records management in works

GSA released a request for quotes to more than 1,300 vendors to submit a bid to join the enterprisewide software license contract.

People

Information assurance still a tough sell at DOD, ex-official says

Linton Wells says it's difficult to measure a return on investment in that area.

People

E-authentication grows up

GSA bets agencies will be willing to pay a fee for e-authentication services.

People

Buzz of the Week

OMB’s Burk will leave legacy of change.

People

Congress touts telework

New legislation has program advocates optimistic about telework's momentum.