People

Welles: Successful succession planning

Be prepared by matching talented employees to leaders before those leaders depart.

People

ATF, unions agree on telework plan

The final agreement will cover about 750 agency employees.

People

Disciplinary review

Top-notch investment review boards enforce IT spending discipline, but they’re hard to find

People

Pension system to benefit from makeover

OPM has awarded a $290M contract to improve the quality and timeliness of retirement services.

People

Senate committee hears from Doan

The GSA nominee pledged better communications with customers and quantifiable measurements of the agency's success.

People

IT whacked in Defense Authorization bill

A frustrated House committee cuts funding for programs it says are poorly managed.

People

Commerce expands (ISC)2 certification training

The Commerce Department is expanding training for its information security employees using the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium.

People

Commerce signs up for security training

The Commerce Department has awarded a task order to the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2, to provide an expanded information security education program for the department’s information security employees.

People

Chief Architects chairman changes agencies

Ira Grossman plans to transfer from his chief architect position at NOAA to the FDIC.

People

Justice to gauge agencies' case management needs

The Justice Department will gather case management requirements through the summer of other agencies that conduct law enforcement.<@SM>

People

Feds: Lack of diversity in IT could derail U.S. competitiveness

Women, minorities and people with disabilities are under-represented in the IT community.

People

Florida awards EDS $308M pact

The company will develop and implement a Medicaid management information system despite protests from incumbent ACS.

People

Sigaba names new channel development VP

Jeffrey Haidinger will be responsible for channel strategy for the Sigaba suite of private information-sharing products in the public sector.

People

CACI acknowledges rumor of BAE purchase interest

Integrator declines to comment on possibility, pledges to continue its current strategic plan.

People

Immigration office names CIO

Before joining Citizenship and Immigration Services, Jeff Conklin worked for Washington state and the Education and Defense departments.

Cybersecurity

Curt Barker: The man who mastered deadlines

As a pro bono project manager at NIST, he unlocked the secrets of teamwork

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers berate NOAA's satellite program

Two House Science Committee Democrats called for the removal of agency leaders Conrad Lautenbacher Jr. and John Kelly Jr.

Cybersecurity

Bill would prevent DOD from pulling clearances

The Davis measure would briefly relieve clearance crisis.

Modernization

Fortress on the Hill

Capitol Visitor Center has 580,000 square feet underground, but officials won’t say whether it is a congressional bunker

Modernization

House committee wants report on access control system standards for DOD facilities

House Armed Services Committee also asks comptroller general to determine if system can ensure legitimacy of cards.