Modernization
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10 iPhone apps for execs on the go; BlackBerry defectors speak; Even smart phones are moving to the cloud.
Acquisition
Small-biz contracting: The nightmares continue
Another case of alleged misdoings in small-business contracting could keep contracting officers awake at night.
People
Say goodbye to the era of the grand design
The Obama administration wants to break agencies of the habit of overly ambitious, unmanageable programs.
Digital Government
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This week: The case against collaboration; no need for information anarchy; where iPhones go to die; try crowdsourcing for ore IT support.
Digital Government
A battle over public safety radio plans
Seattle officials exchange a blog-based war of words over the region's strategy for first-responder communications.
People
Best place to work? Check the corner office.
The most important factor in determining employee satisfaction is an agency’s top leadership, according to an annual survey.
Digital Government
Ed Meagher leaves SRA
Meagher, a former deputy CIO at the Interior Department, will join CSC as vice president of healthcare strategy.
People
Secrecy bested by point, click
Before the Internet, no one could imagine how easy it would become to steal and publish classified documents.
People
The best of the federal blogosphere
This week: TSA chief opens a can of worms; Fun with taxes; The votes are in…
Cybersecurity
Cyber espionage lure catches some big fish
An undercover cybersecurity expert demonstrates the national security risks posed by social media in government.
People
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Innovation is overrated; better security through encryption; executives are the weakest link.
People
Telework proponents still face management resistance
Federal managers who oppose allowing their employees to telework have another opportunity to dig in their heels, retrench and batten down the hatches.
People
End of payroll deductions for paper U.S. Savings Bonds approaching
Deadlines are drawing near for federal employees and military service members who currently buy paper U.S. Savings Bonds through payroll deductions to transition to the new electronic system.
Cybersecurity
Trusted IDs face fearful response
The government's proposed identity ecosystem instills as much fear, uncertainty and doubt as hope for easier and more secure online transactions.
Modernization
Congress gets its head into the cloud
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s interest in cloud computing reflects a new awareness in Congress of the technology’s potential benefits.
People
Senate bill approved without kill switch provision
Legislation approved by a Senate committee last month would not give the president the authority to disconnect the Internet, as many people had feared. But then, the president already has that authority.
Digital Government
People on the move, events in the news
The hot ticket in federal IT this week was — what else? — the Hot Ticket Awards, the annual soiree that Northern Virginia Technology Council President Bobbie Kilberg hosts at her McLean, Va., home.
Modernization
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Unmasking anonymous posters; The coming cloud disaster; The future of IT
People