Cybersecurity

Napolitano to leave DHS

Janet Napolitano is about to add university president to her <i>curriculum vitae</i>.

Digital Government

China-sourcing rules for IT reappear in appropriations

House appropriators are looking to continue restrictions on sourcing IT products made by companies with links to the Chinese government.

Digital Government

Senate bill would increase oversight of clearance process

A bipartisan group of senators is looking to increase the power of OPM's IG to probe suspect security clearance operatives and contractors.

Modernization

Feds trace path to the cloud

Success strategies, risks and roadblocks revealed at cloud conference.

People

House panel tries shame strategy on VA

Frustrated with unfulfilled requests for information, Veterans Affairs Committee creates a website to list them.

Cybersecurity

Twitter for disaster responders

FEMA tells Congress how the agency is building social media into response planning.

Digital Government

White House trims 2013 deficit forecast

Heading into fiscal 2014 budget talks, the Obama administration is projecting lower deficits and lower unemployment than previously forecast for 2013.

Digital Government

How new open-data policies enable start-up's business model

Govini sees an opportunity in the explosion of government contracting and finance data.

People

Obama announces 'aggressive' management agenda

White House plans to leverage Cabinet, OMB director and innovation fellows for smarter government management.

People

Obama nominates new IGs, but high-profile vacancies remain

DOD, State and USAID are in line to get new inspectors general, while the IG office at DHS has problems that go beyond the unfilled position.

Cybersecurity

Issa lobbies for data act

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee tries to build a broader constituency for his bipartisan open data legislation.

Digital Government

Feds and the Fifth Amendment

FCW readers are split on whether federal employees should be fired for invoking Constitutional rights.

People

Can agencies reward workers without money?

Readers critique recent ideas for low-cost morale-boosters and recognition.

People

Same-sex spouses of federal employees eligible for benefits

In the wake of the supreme Court's decision overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, federal employees in legal same-sex marriages can extend benefits to their partners.

People

Tangherlini confirmed to lead GSA

Senate also confirms two OMB nominees.

Cybersecurity

CIA docs find a home on Amazon

The cloud contract between the intelligence agency and the cloud-services giant is on hold for now, and yet...

Digital Government

Is DOD foot-dragging on spectrum sharing?

CIO Teri Takai takes heat on the Hill from lawmakers who want the process of releasing radio spectrum to industry to move faster.

People

Michael Seeds: Behind-the-scenes cyber advocate

The legislative director for Rep. Mac Thornberry, (R-Texas), has the job of helping call attention to the growing threats to government and private networks.

People

OPM urges patience in the wake of DOMA ruling

Decision opens the door to broader benefits for federal employees in same-sex marriages.

Acquisition

House panel probes 'cozy relationship' between IRS official, contractor

The IRS's Gregory Roseman invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in the face of congressional questioning about work given to a business that claimed HUBZone status -- since revoked -- and service-disabled veteran-owned preference based on the owner's 1984 sports injury.