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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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James Carver: Surging technology to the next battlefield
2010 Rising Star winner James Carver managed on-time fielding of more than 3,200 systems to more than 50 active-duty Army, National Guard and Reserve units at more than 36 sites worldwide.
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Wayne Speaks: Making the rounds for military health applications
2010 Rising Star award winner Wayne Speaks developed a process for assessing the performance of critical Military Health System applications on a daily basis.
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Shane Sanders: Demystifying classified information sharing
2010 Rising Star award winner Shane Sanders has developed an approach — using existing technology — that should make it feasible for one network to handle two types of top-secret information.
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David Parrish: Befriending small biz on behalf of the IRS
2010 Rising Star award winner David Parrish improved the acquisition process for several critical Internal Revenue Service projects, looking in particular to work with small and disadvantaged businesses.
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Allison Scogin: Sculpturing trusted data networks for warfighters
2010 Rising Star award winner Allison Scogin assisted in developing, implementing and troubleshooting DOD's massive public key infrastructure and public key enabling initiatives.
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Nick Saund: Setting a guard post for military health information
2010 Rising Star award winner Nick Saund strengthened the protection of sensitive data stored in Defense Health Services Systems applications by quickly developing a single-sign-on system.
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Kathleen Druitt: Bridging the gap between recovery act initiatives
2010 Rising Star winner Kathleen Druitt led the implementation and operation of Recovery.gov and FederalReporting.gov, which included frantic testing two weeks before the sites' scheduled launch.
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Pablo Vilaboa: Supporting first responders after the Haiti earthquake
2010 Rising Star award winner Pablo Vilaboa made sure the help desk hit its marks providing technical support to first responders pouring into the Southern Command in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti.
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Justin Filler: Sweetening Web 2.0 for DOD
2010 Rising Star award winner Justin Filler contributed to the milSuite products that are extending the use of Web 2.0 technologies at the Defense Department.
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Yosef Lehrman: Keeping tabs on law enforcement's critical networks
2010 Rising Star award winner Yosef Lehrman designed and implemented a system — ahead of schedule and under budget — that monitors the performance of more than 300 servers that support New York law enforcement operations.
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Hoa Pham: Finessing Web 2.0 technology for educational outreach
2010 Rising Star award winner Hoa Pham upgraded the Library of Congress' infrastructure, which has benefited the agency's outreach efforts in the education community.
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State seeks mentors for Apps4 Africa contest
The State Department is looking for IT professionals to mentor African developers in the Apps4 Africa innovation competition.
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Fake companies still win SBA approval
GAO tests SBA's set-aside program with fake companies that used the Alamo's address as their headquarters and still won certification.
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Senate committee approves acquisition institute bill
The legislation would reorganize the Federal Acquisition Institute as it trains civilian agencies' contracting staff members.
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OMB wants to know how agencies manage risky IT projects
Agencies now will have to prove to the Office of Management and Budget they can effectively manage their high-risk IT projects, according to federal CIO Vivek Kundra.
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Obama orders agencies to increase hiring of disabled into federal workforce
Reviving a Clinton-era hiring goal, President Obama on July 26 signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to increase employment of people with disabilities by adding 100,000 disabled employees over the next five years.
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