Acquisition
Obama signs law to reform weapons buying
The new law gives Defense Department officials more requirements for overseeing big-ticket weapons acquisitions to keep them on schedule and hold down costs.
Modernization
Senate IT oversight bill progresses
A Senate panel has approved legislation to require federal agencies to set up Web sites to track IT projects and create 'tiger teams' for troubled projects.
Modernization
NARA suffers data breach
The National Archives and Records Administration is missing an external hard drive with the personally identifiable information of some Clinton administration officials and White House visitors.
People
Obama budget has $148B for research
President Obama wants to spend $555 million more on federal science research and development in 2010, according to his top science adviser.
People
Battle lines drawn on competitive sourcing
Government contractors have deep concerns about the Clean Up Act, which would uphold limits on outsourcing.
People
Bill would mandate using XBRL to track TARP money
The open-standard technology allows analysts, agencies and companies compare financial data more easily, backers of new legislation say.
People
House passes technology R&D bill
The measure seeks to strengthen collaboration among government agencies, industry and academia on IT research and development projects.
Cybersecurity
Information-sharing platform hacked
A DHS official confirmed that the department's platform for sharing sensitive but unclassified information with partner organizations was recently hacked.
People
Senators grill VA's CIO nominee
Roger Baker answered senators' pointed questions about how he would deal with system failures and other IT problems at the Veterans Affairs Department.
Cybersecurity
Panel says it will approve millions more for swine flu
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said the group will approve spending more than $2 billion to deal with swine flu.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers attack cybersecurity on multiple fronts
Some experts advise House and Senate leaders to coordinate their cybersecurity efforts.
People
Flu funding could go to states
Some of the $1.5 billion that the Obama administration has requested to fight the H1N1 virus – the cause of the swine flu outbreak — could go to state public health disease tracking and monitoring programs.
People
Telework gets a ‘giddyap’ from OPM
The new director of personnel management wants more employees working from home, for their benefit and for the benefit of others.
People
GSA schedules might get state, local business
Two new House bills would open the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedules contracts to state and local governments.
People
OPM prods agencies to speed telework
The Obama administration lays out a plan to increase the number of federal employees that regularly telecommute.
Cybersecurity
Carper introduces bills to reform IT procurement, FISMA
New legislation would reform the security and acquisition requirements for federal information technology systems.
Cybersecurity
Swine flu hearings set; OPM issues guidance
Senate and House panels have scheduled hearings on the disease outbreak, and the Office of Personnel Management has issued advice to federal employees.
Cybersecurity
Security experts debate federal approach to cybersecurity
Security experts agree that the nation’s cyber defenses are inadequate, but they disagree about who should have authority for overseeing the protection of the cyber infrastructure.
Digital Government
Bill would boost computer R&D
Legislation in the House would require a strategy for federal research and development efforts in high-performance computing.
Cybersecurity