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Is Gov 2.0 just another passing fad? ...
Much like the emergence of the Web some 15 years ago, the latest version of online interaction and information sharing promises to insinuate itself into every corner of government.
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Transparency, social-media policies stuck in limbo
Although deadlines have been missed for issuing the open-government directive and DOD’s social-media policy, efforts in both areas continue to evolve.
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NASA chooses Diaz to lead IT consolidation project
Deborah Diaz will lead NASA’s $4 billion IT consolidation project, an official confirmed today.
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GSA saves money with contract reviews, IG says
GSA saved money with pre-award reviews of proposed contracts, the agency's IG says.
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A silver lining in the federal retirement wave
First the bad news: In just four years, half of the permanent full-time federal workforce will be eligible to retire. What’s more, a majority of the retirees will be supervisors, according to the Merit Systems Protection Board in a new report. Now the good news: Think of the opportunity this gives federal agencies to put a new stamp on their entire workforce.
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Program management meets Web 2.0
Program managers must take the time to choose the right social-media tools to improve how they communicate and collaborate with their teams.
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Changing the game: First DNA, now info sharing
The automation of information sharing in law enforcement is running into the same kind of resistance that DNA tests once encountered.
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ITIL emerges as new sheriff of IT management
Agencies are turning to the Information Technology Infrastructure Library to bring order to IT management processes, but what will that mean for their enterprise architecture efforts?
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Retirees get back to work
Agencies' new authority to hire federal retirees for part-time government work is a win-win situation for government and employees, writes Judy Welles.
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Performance data: 'Use it or useless'
The Obama administration wants agencies to go beyond simply measuring performance to using the feedback on a daily basis, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
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3 secrets to social-media success
Sometimes we forget that successful implementation of social-media tools relies on the same business principles as any other information technology project, writes Emma Antunes.
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Information Age requires new breed of federal supervisors
The next generation of federal supervisors will have to demonstrate a different set of competencies—namely, the ability to manage independent, knowledge-based, internally motivated workers as well as greater supervisory flexibilities improved communication.
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You might be a 'fedneck' if...
A "fedneck," according to members of the online forum FederalSoup.com, is a long-time government employee (and FedSoup fan) who can be identified by certain characteristics or behaviors.
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OMB survey asks who's gone green
The Office of Management and Budget wants to know more about agencies and their green purchasing and recycling habits.
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DOD social-media policy still in limbo
Official promises the policy is very close to completion.
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Facebook plans DC event for application developers
Facebook will hold an event to help software developers create government applications for the social networking site.
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HHS updates acquisition regs with new rules for transparency, green purchasing
The Health and Human Services Department is doing its first major update to its acquisition regulation since 2006.
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AFCEA branches into federal energy initiatives
Newly focused chapter to facilitate collaboration between industry and government leaders in science, technology and policy.
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OMB on hunt for programs with payment problems
Executive Order aims to reduce improper payments by making financial management a priority.
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