Modernization
Save costs by knowing your data
Classification tools help storage managers gain efficiency and find stored files faster.
Acquisition
What is inherently governmental?
Comptroller General David Walker said it’s time to question the phrase’s meaning.
Cybersecurity
For VA, all security is local
IG’s latest findings illustrate difficulty of assessing risk from data breaches.
People
IRS executives move up and out
As part of a series of executive changes, CIO Richard Spires will become deputy commissioner for operations support, but he will remain significantly involved in the IRS modernization effort, the agency said.
Acquisition
Kelman: History matters
Revitalizing past performance could create a better-functioning procurement system.
People
Diplopedia: The diplomat’s Wikipedia
State Department officials have encouraged sharing of know-how outside usual channels.
Acquisition
Allen: Schedule contracts work
Maintaining the commercial nature of GSA's schedule contracts is key to continued success.
Modernization
Lawmakers extend oversight to P2P
Federal employees unknowingly expose sensitive data via peer-to-peer networks.
Cybersecurity
A case of too many data restrictions
Intelligence leaders will offer a new proposal to stop excesses of unclassified data labeling.
People
CHCOs say pay now or pay later
New study shows high-level support for governmentwide pay changes.
Digital Government
Henry: Protect your valuables
For fighting Internet-based government espionage, traditional malware defenses aren’t nearly enough.
Cybersecurity
OMB asks agencies to double-check file sharing risks
In a memo issued last week, OMB asked agencies to review their existing security measures, particularly in the case of teleworkers.
People
DOD rethinks wartime acquisition
Plans for a new contingency contracting office reflect a shift toward better oversight.
People
More troubles for NSPS
Cost estimates increase for the Defense Department's NSPS civilian personnel system.
Cybersecurity
The hidden killers
DOD's efforts to counter roadside bombs are complicated by the fact that insurgents use the same communications infrastructure as the rest of the Iraqi population.
Modernization