People
Federal employees' job satisfaction dips again
The latest Best Places to Work survey reflects feds' continued frustration with leadership. The silver lining? At least the rate of decline is slowing.
Modernization
DOD IG: Pentagon falling short on cloud strategy
A new inspector general's report says the Defense Department has not adequately trained acquisition and contract specialists who buy cloud services.
Digital Government
Make open data actually work
The public's demand for transparency means agencies must share data in ways that the average person can understand. Here's how.
Acquisition
FITARA included in compromise defense measure
Negotiators on the defense authorization bill included provisions from the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act in what they hope is the final version of the legislation.
People
What the USDS team is up to
As the U.S. Digital Service gets going, it is focused on HealthCare.gov, VA technology and hiring.
People
IT hiring, new Oversight staff and CBO on workforce reductions
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Rebecca S. Ayers
This Rising Star is transforming the way agencies track and manage their employees' performance.
Digital Government
Preparing for the future of federal IT
Agency leaders must proactively invest time, energy and resources to shape the future rather than reactively wait for change to happen.
People
Sivak: It's about 'changing the way we do things'
In the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program, HHS matches project teams with outside tech experts to work for a year on innovative projects.
Cybersecurity
Agencies might need to rethink telework security
A rash of breaches that some fear could be tied to VPN connections is raising concerns about the security of federal telework programs.
People
10 IT skills that matter in 2015
A private-sector survey finds that project managers are in greater demand than big-data pros.
Cybersecurity
For Army cyber, it's on-the-job training
Army Cyber Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Harris says the Army is learning as it goes along in the uncharted terrain of cybersecurity.
People
Professional values and government outputs
Want to change your organization's culture? Steve Kelman suggests starting with the type of professions from which you hire.
Modernization
Using IT to address the federal talent shortage
Better systems and talent science can help agencies fill vacancies faster -- and avoid making the wrong hires.
People
HHS adds four more 'Entrepreneurs in Residence'
The latest participants in the department's tech development program were matched with teams of HHS employees to work for a year on "high risk high reward projects."
Digital Government
Bridging the skills gap one vet at a time
Companies are helping veterans transition to careers in big data, enterprise architecture and other fast-growing IT fields -- and getting well-trained employees in the process.
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.
People
Maybe it's the managers who need training
The Presidential Management Fellows program aims to train the agency leaders of tomorrow and is expanding its STEM efforts. But many of the fellows say the program is falling short.
Acquisition
Rung looks to procurement workforce, collaboration
Specific proposals on hiring will be forthcoming soon, says the Office of Federal Procurement Policy administrator.
People