People

Circuit

Industry leaders; Williams and Suda move up at USDA

Digital Government

Editorial: Innovation matters

The government should play a significant role in information technology innovation.

People

Buzz of the Week

Doan’s in-tense hearing.

People

Welles: Your retirement ballpark

Calculating various retirement income scenarios could relieve your mind — or set your teeth on edge.

Modernization

Mobile security requires an action plan

Security is one of the biggest management challenges that agencies face with mobile wireless devices.

Digital Government

Sade: I learned to love the FAR

GSA leader got hooked on procurement as a college student in a co-op program.

People

OPM finds barriers to telework lowering

In its latest report to Congress, the Office of Personnel Management redefined what a teleworker is.

People

Waxman asks GSA’s Doan to resign

Panel leader casts a no-confidence vote, while Republicans call the hearing a waste.

People

DOD uses IT in stability operations

Forthcoming policy will define new rules for sharing data with NGOs and other groups.

People

Coast Guard searches for handheld card readers for TWIC

It wants a single service provider to deliver a card reader that can handle TWIC's three-factor authentication and withstand sea conditions.

Ideas

Agencies Asked to Preserve Electronic Info

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Digital Government

Everybody loves the tense debate

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Ideas

FAA Computer Crash Signals More of the Same?

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People

GAO to agencies: Measure telework's effectiveness

Agencies need to do a better job of developing metrics and clarifying rules as they expand telework programs.

Cybersecurity

House committee keeps pressing DHS on cybersecurity

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Thompson has asked DHS CIO Charbo for more information on the status of the department's networks.

Cybersecurity

Missing soldiers' CACs remained valid for weeks, data shows

Officials are trying to determine whether insurgents could have used the security cards to access DOD data.

Acquisition

New contract oversight proposal raises old feelings

Rep. Waxman tells GSA its proposal to give contract oversight to private companies could erode federal responsibilities.

Digital Government

Senate committee approves $37.6B for DHS

The spending package the Senate Appropriations Committee approved increases money for ports and mass transit, maintains Deepwater support and fully funds SBInet.

People

GSA lowers price of HSPD-12 cards to $82

Under its Managed Service Office contract, GSA announced agencies will pay almost $20 less for HSPD-12 cards than previously estimated.