People
'Hacking bureaucracy' at 18F
Greg Godbout, executive director of GSA's innovation lab, wants to set an example in hiring and other areas for the rest of the federal government to emulate.
Cybersecurity
Airport innovations, MonsterMind and a $300M Air Force contract
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Sonny Hashmi's 9 principles for GSA IT
The General Services Administration's CIO outlines his agency's commitment to the cloud and open source technology -- and gets positive private-sector reviews.
Modernization
What feds can learn from the global open data effort
Many countries have been using XBRL format for government data as a national standard for years.
Modernization
Interior gets green light for Drupal consolidation initiative
The Interior Department is consolidating nine content management platforms into one, built with open source software.
Acquisition
18F's API standards, GSA's newest dashboard, FCC's cyber-obligations and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community
Digital Government
GitHub: A Swiss Army knife for open government
What started as a version control system for code has become a platform for ideas and collaboration.
Modernization
Program management: The importance of architecture
Integrating a comprehensive business architecture into an IT program's technical architecture can reduce risk and save time and money.
People
CFPB's Ashwin Vasan: Build teams with 'a passion for doing things differently'
The CIO for the government's youngest agency says that even in start-up mode, building a culture of innovation is tricky.
Cybersecurity
VA telehealth savings, Internet of Things security, and making at the White House
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
A brief history of open data
From eight simple principles to today's vast ecosystem, here's what's happening -- and how to take full advantage.
Cybersecurity
CIS girds for first wave of deferred deportation renewals
The first deadline for renewing applications in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is September, and agency officials are confident CIS's IT infrastructure can handle the rush.
People
Code for America seeks new recruits
Now in its fifth year, a program that matches developers with government IT projects is looking for a new class.
Digital Government
Health IT hub, open gov at OSTP, a regulatory dashboard and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
GSA toots Data.gov’s horn
With 105,000 data sets provided by 227 federal entities, Data.gov has grown to include 4.5 million unique visitors.
Cybersecurity
Can the federal government get its IT groove back?
High-profile failures have eclipsed the sometimes exceptional work that federal IT workers do, said one of the leaders of the ACT-IAC Management of Change conference.
Cybersecurity
Lockheed looks to open standards
The standardized software is intended to boost the sharing of cyber-threat information through automation.
Acquisition