Digital Government
OFPP pushes data-driven procurement
A memo from Administrator Anne Rung outlines a plan to spread the gospel of strategic sourcing and category management governmentwide.
Modernization
Cloudy with a chance of murky
Federal cloud managers say agencies must think in broad strokes without losing sight of the details and must relinquish tasks but not control.
People
Megan Schmith
This GSA Rising Star took over an interagency working group that focuses on sharing best practices and experiences and grew its membership by 400 percent.
Acquisition
Nina Malakouti
This Rising Star nailed down two of the General Services Administration's biggest Schedule 70 contracts in 2013.
Acquisition
Cristen Cole
This GSA Rising Star single-handedly provided program management for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation portfolio in its first year.
Acquisition
GSA works on CAP
"With IT, we will never be done categorizing," said Kevin Youel Page of the Federal Acquisition Service.
People
Tangherlini: 'On the technology front, we're just getting going'
GSA's administrator talks with FCW about short-term hiring, long-term planning and Robert Frost.
Modernization
The future of FedRAMP
The General Services Administration's Matthew Goodrich predicts more agency-driven authorizations and previews a new two-year road map.
Modernization
Verizon gets ATO for federal enterprise cloud services
Verizon’s Enterprise Cloud: Federal Edition joins a relatively small but growing pool of ATO-approved cloud service providers.
People
18F hackathon aims to involve more women in civic tech
GSA's innovation hub hosts training day and coding collaboration geared toward women in technology.
Cybersecurity
GSA IT gets privacy impact assessment policy
IT program managers and system owners will be responsible for ensuring that the systems under their jurisdiction undergo a privacy impact assessment.
Cybersecurity
Surface Pro is OK, program inventories are not, and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
3D Christmas challenge, a GSA cloud deal and 'improper gratuities'
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Cyberattacks, DeSalvo staying, elegant ID and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Tangherlini: 'Rome wasn't burnt in a day'
GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini remains effusive about the problem-solving potential of government.
People
Hamm new FedSIM director
Chris Hamm will assume the duties of the retiring Steve Viar, who has headed GSA's Federal Systems Integration and Management center since 2010.
People
18F to launch consulting group and project dashboard
The consulting service arose from the ongoing challenge of being called in to fix IT projects long after they were funded, scoped and set in motion.
Digital Government
Shared services for mapping and a GSA promotion
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
A mountain of net neutrality comments, a privacy paradox, ransomware warnings and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization