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More screens, more millennials?
Getting young people into government can be challenging. One company's prescription: Wow them with a "Minority Report" conference room.
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Brubaker joins IT Cadre
Former DOD executive and two-time Fed 100 winner had recently left AirWatch.
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Holgate to depart ATF
Former ACT president will take a job with Gartner, follow his spouse to Vienna, Austria.
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Are VA techies slacking off on Yammer?
A new IG report cites security and productivity concerns associated with employees' use of the popular online collaboration tool.
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Time to get your introverts talking (or at least typing)
The introverts who often dominate STEM professions tend to lie low in traditional meetings, which is why STEM-heavy NASA is dedicated to breaking out of the mold.
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Marshals seek university for data training
While most of the personnel involved are based in Arlington, Va., the academic partner need not be close to the D.C. area.
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Maximizing the effectiveness of customer service
To satisfy citizens' digital expectations, agencies should shift their focus from exceeding expectations to improving the customer service experience.
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Another lawsuit for OPM, Ashley Madison's government customers and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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6 hidden costs of continuing resolutions
CRs are a fact of life, but there are substantial costs to funding government on-the-fly.
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Millennium Challenge Corporation needs a CIO
The job pays pay $125,000 to $168,317 at an agency tasked with providing grants to developing countries committed to good governance and economic freedom.
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6 hidden hotspots in federal IT
The budget meetings might happen in Washington, but agency IT has some surprising centers of gravity.
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Out-of-sight CIO resigns over the weekend, posts new job to LinkedIn
Barry West is out as CIO at the FDIC, and is now president of the Mason Harriman Group.
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OPM's push for equal pay isn't new
Beth Cobert has called for a renewed focus on the persistent pay gap between men and women in the federal workforce, with an emphasis on pay flexibilities that benefit men. But her efforts are only one step on a longer journey.
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Metrics key to measuring success on IT projects
CIOs need to develop and use metrics so they know what works and can tell a better story about IT successes, says a new report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
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NTEU elects new president
Tony Reardon will replace Colleen Kelley at the 150,000-member union.
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Can Phaedra Chrousos move the needle at GSA?
With a focus on entrepreneurship and customer service, the agency's first-ever chief customer officer is applying private-sector solutions to the often sclerotic federal bureaucracy.
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LGBTQ techies take over the White House
Diversity stood at center stage as programmers tackled problems ranging from minority tech hiring to criminal justice reform.
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Tech Lady Hackathon: 'A really open community for women'
More than 150 people turned out for the 3rd annual Tech Lady Hackathon in D.C. on Aug. 8.
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IG, House chairman lambast OPM's CIO
Lawmakers take aim, an inspector general claims wrongdoing, an agency offers a vaguely worded defense. Is another leadership change in the works at the Office of Personnel Management?
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