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Proposed legislation targets abuse of veterans' small-business program
A congressman wants to protect the government’s small-business program for veterans by requiring federal officials to verify companies before letting them into the program.
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Defense CIO confirmation on ice for now
Plans are on hold to confirm a new DOD CIO as Defense Secretary Robert Gates reconsiders the organizational structure to save money.
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The 3 most common complaints about federal managers
Without a doubt, the most common complaint we hear from federal employees is that some federal managers are falling down on the job, writes the FCW Insider.
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DISA's Dave Mihelcic: 'Technology is easy, culture is hard'
The Defense Information Systems Agency strives to keep pace with the quickly adapting defense landscape to deliver critical information and tools to warfighters in the field.
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Social media's dark side: The privacy dilemma
Federal agencies have made strong inroads in using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and GovLoop. But significant privacy concerns are just now starting to emerge.
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Transportation paves way for online employee collaboration
The Transportation Department has started a collaborative Web site for its employees to share ideas and vote on them.
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Making telework happen: It's up to managers now
Management resistance to telework is rational and born of experience, but it need not be a permanent obstacle, writes Patricia Niehaus, president of the Federal Managers Association.
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6 keys to building a culture of innovation
It takes much more than tools to develop a culture of innovation, especially in the government, writes Dwayne Spradlin, CEO of InnoCentive.
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Agencies' unique coding systems hinder Recovery Act oversight, official says
The board that oversees money from the stimulus law ran into an old problem: agencies doing things their own way and forgetting about unity, official says.
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OMB may open purse to help program reviews
Close on the heels of the fiscal 2011 review requirements, officials are now offering to help agencies pay for program evaluations.
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Should being a fed be a round-the-clock job?
Federal employees might take off their badges when they get home, but they never stop being federal employees, even on Facebook, one reader writes.
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Christopher Barnes: Empowering supercomputer users
Barnes enabled six geographically disparate DOD organizations to combine into a single enterprise, serving supercomputer users in government, industry and academia
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Nina Preuss: Connecting NIH scientists to data
2010 Rising Star award winner Nina Preuss created an online collaborative scientific community that helps scientists find software, data and other available resources about neuroimaging informatics.
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Andrew Heo: Stewarding $10B in information
2010 Rising Star award winner Andrew Heo overhauled an information assurance program to ensure that $10 billion of Space-Based Infrared System assets have worldwide availability.
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Martin Vozzo: Revitalizing distance learning
2010 Rising Star award winner Martin Vozzo revitalized the management of the JKO distance learning program. The program now offers nearly 450 certified courses, with more than 128,000 registered users.
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Donna Sheets: Shedding light on military medical mistakes
2010 Rising Star award winner Donna Sheets oversaw the design, development and deployment of a Web-based system that military medical personnel use to report possible medication or surgical errors or other patient safety concerns.
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Ryan Swann: Keeping the workforce on track
2010 Rising Star award winner Ryan Swann led the development of a system that helps human resources managers sift through huge volumes of personnel data and gauge how well their agencies comply with HR policies and goals.
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Sara Mosley: Locking down the State Department's Internet connections
2010 Rising Star award winner Sara Mosley helped the State Department emerge as a leader in network security by leading the deployment of the Trusted Internet Connections initiative.
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Douglas Haskin: Fortifying hardware and software for soldiers in the field
2010 Rising Star awards winner Douglas Haskin helped successfully field more than 4,000 hardware items to soldiers and successfully implement 50 software changes.
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