Cybersecurity
Legislation and the future of federal cybersecurity
New laws promise to strengthen agencies' efforts to block network intruders, share information and build a topnotch cybersecurity workforce.
People
Why strategies get stuck
Poor execution, not poor planning, derails many new programs, but there are steps agencies can take to stay on track, despite the coming leadership changes.
Cybersecurity
Daniels: CTIIC will take pressure off White House
The new cyber intel center will have about 50 staffers to start, with about half permanent employees and half detailees from intelligence agencies.
Digital Government
Growth in big data draws women to statistics
The field of statistics is booming, thanks in large part to the increased need for data analysts.
Cybersecurity
Secret Service needs a CIO
The Secret Service is looking to pay up to $183,300 to a candidate who can "transform" the way the agency uses technology.
Modernization
Flagging skill sets yet to be addressed
GAO says a shortage of telecom expertise slowed transition to a new system and drove up the cost.
Modernization
Minding the skills gap, plus AWS results, smart robots and DOE event planning
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
A federal manager's guide to fantasy football
New report finds lessons in the popular pastime for building virtual teams in the workplace.
People
Satisfaction with fed customer service worst ever
The American Customer Satisfaction Index blames the decline on budget and staff cuts.
Cybersecurity
NGA to merge CIO and IT services
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency reorganization is an effort to bolster IC ITE, an ambitious IC-wide IT architecture.
People
Contracts OK'd, drone crashes, leave bill introduced
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
CIS gearing up for deferred action
Citizenship and Immigration Services wants to hire secure IT personnel ahead of an expected tsunami of new application forms.
Acquisition
IT contracts: Handling the handoff
Managing the seamless transition of 24/7 service requires real coordination -- and an agency committed to making the contractors play nice.
Cybersecurity
A CTO manifesto
Two chief technology officers -- one government, one industry -- say their peers are perfectly positioned to help organizations chart a course for the future.
Cybersecurity
'You just move that rock a little at a time'
Women from a wide range of federal roles discuss what it really takes to lead in IT.
People
Progress, but not yet parity
Women remain sorely underrepresented in the federal IT workforce, much as they are in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. But at least the pay gap picture looks better.
People
'We have to stop scaring women out of IT'
Actively recruiting more women into the tech workforce is crucial, senior federal IT leaders say.
Modernization
Survey reveals feds' digital divide
Federal employees aren’t overly impressed with the way their agencies are doing digital, a new report says, but that doesn’t mean they’re not in favor of bringing more technology into their offices.
People