People
Digital standards come first
Before agencies digitize their records, LOC group must develop standards.
People
Getting the message out
Everyone talks about best practices, but like messages in a bottle, best practices are difficult to find. Should agencies be trying harder?
People
Does DHS need a chief manager?
Lawmakers would like a CMO to provide long-term management continuity at DHS.
People
TSA could lose FAR exemption
Lawmakers want TSA to follow the same procurement rules that everyone else does.
People
Security clearance process needs new ideas
Agency working group issues RFI for industry to offer alternatives to current procedures.
People
GAO site gets a facelift
Its new home page features a tabbed approach and aims to improve site usability.
Digital Government
R&D funding program nears final awards
NIST's Advanced Technology Program is being phased out in fiscal 2008, but previous and pending awards will still be funded.
Modernization
Kobuszewski: The new green
Going green may be easier to achieve than you think — if you’re willing to use refurbished IT.
People
Are they A-76 winners or second-class feds?
Public/private jobs competitions are unpopular with lawmakers, fraught with anxiety for employees and increasingly not worth the trouble for companies invited to compete.
People
House axes stability ops center
Lawmakers want to cut project’s funding, surprising some.
People
Former Office of Personnel Management employees plead guilty to stealing
Two accounting technicians stole more than $27,500, according to OPM.
People
Air Force stands behind industry code
IG dispute with the service about NetCents coding clouds its small-business set-aside.
People
Watch out, YouTube
More federal agencies take steps to get their message across using online video content.
Digital Government
Circuit
BYOB: Bring your own...bags??? Congratulations to former FCW reporter Frank Tiboni.
Modernization
Talcove: A business case for IPv6
What’s exciting about the transition to IPv6 are the broadband applications it will enable.
Acquisition
Lent: Fixing an image problem
Here’s a novel way for government contractors to have a positive image in the market: Earn it.
People
DOD works communication issues for transformation
Communications among people, not technology, is the key to the successful transformation of Defense Department’s business systems.
Digital Government
County group endorses GIS certification
The National Association of Counties has endorsed a certification program for geographic-information systems (GIS) specialists.
Digital Government