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