Cybersecurity

OPM sees green on clearances

Officials credit increased oversight for shrinking lengthy clearance times.

Cybersecurity

When personal data gets out of the box...

A new Federal Computer Week survey finds that the theft of a Veterans Affairs Department laptop PC pushed data security to the forefront at many agencies.

Acquisition

Kelman: Buying commercial

The debates about commercial contracting and government risk involve high stakes.

Digital Government

Editorial: The brave new world

Government policy struggles to keep up with advances in technology.

People

Employee issues worry CFOs

Professional development is seen as key to DOD financial-management reforms.

Acquisition

Denett focuses on FPDS data

Proponents of better federal contracting decry lack of reliable contracting data.

Digital Government

Circuit

Carroll wins the Franke award; Tracking project wins award.

Modernization

DOD reaches first milestone with system's deployment

AHLTA is providing DOD medical officials with a common view of outpatient care.

Digital Government

FlipSide

FCW@20: When we were 10.

Acquisition

Petrillo: A failed experiment

It’s time to declare interagency contracts a failure after more than a decade of trying that approach.

Digital Government

Vendors claim VA contracts unfair

Industry alleges agency decisions give IBM wired advantage to win 10-year contracts.

Digital Government

Feds, industry expand digital partnerships

But experts say their allure should not blind agencies to potential problems.

Digital Government

Buzz of the Week

GAO’s HR reality-check time.

People

Navy rethinks its approach to collecting, sharing data

While patrolling the Persian Gulf, the Navy is amassing larger than ever amounts of information and must figure out the best way for the military and its partners to use it.

Cybersecurity

After the breach, now what?

Would a federal breach notification law bring greater security and sanity to those who find their personal data has been lost or stolen?

Cybersecurity

More feds work on the go

Worker mobility raises new data security concerns.

People

SRA promotes Atkin, Gilligan to head civilian, defense sectors

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Cybersecurity

VA climbs out of a hornet's nest

Data security became a top priority at VA in the past year, but officials acknowledge that more work — much more — remains to be done.

Digital Government

Catching up...

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