Acquisition
Guerra: Performance-based acquisition is not working
OMB may be praising agencies' progress on using such contracts, but they are just the same prescriptive contracts with a new name.
Cybersecurity
Air Force examines its vulnerability to cyberattack
The service assigned an advisory board to assess potential cyberwarfare scenarios and determine their effect on Air Force systems and operations.
People
IG: Contract data late, incorrect
Data entered manually rather than downloaded to the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation is to blame, GSA's inspector general says.
Acquisition
Kelman: It's all in the requirements
What makes successful IT projects? For many, it's obvious.
Digital Government
Offenders under electronic watch
Authorities expand monitoring of offenders, but other public priorities compete for funds.
Modernization
Editorial: Embracing change
We in the IT community have dealt with change for years, but the pace seems to be quickening.
People
Wagner: Lead with the mission
How to transcend the IT stuff and get to the point, which is enabling agency programs to succeed.
People
Congress watches its own watchdog
Lawmakers probe employee complaints about GAO’s new personnel system.
Modernization
Coming soon: the Autobahn network
Federal agencies will be able to reserve a fast lane on one of the world’s fastest networks.
Acquisition
Senators unhappy with SBA
Kerry’s committee decries lack of progress on meeting the needs of small businesses.
People