People

Goddard Space Flight Center names new chief information officer

Adrian Gardner has been appointed as the new CIO for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and will officially assume his duties on Feb. 1.

People

Griffin moves into deputy director spot at OPM

The Office of Personnel Management has announced that Christine Griffin has been confirmed in her appointment as deputy director of the agency.

People

IT at the heart of green efforts

Green doesn't only refer to the environment. In the information technology world, it also refers to saving money and resources by lowering energy costs.

People

Unions want say in telework policymaking

A half-dozen unions have offered Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry a hand in developing policies that would ratchet up the numbers of teleworking feds.

Modernization

10 ways a Facebook page can help local governments

The Web site InsideFacebook.com details 10 ways a Facebook presence can help local government leaders looking to truly understand the needs of the people they were elected or hired to serve.

Modernization

Joint Forces commander blasts tech planning

Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis is critical of what he calls "wrongheaded thinking" of military planners in recent years who placed too much emphasis on the role of technology in winning wars.

People

GSA's Johnson to join Deep Water Point

John Johnson, who is retiring from GSA May 2, joins four other partners at consulting firm Deep Water Point, which advises companies seeking business in the federal market.

Cybersecurity

In the News: Obama to keep BlackBerry

President Barack Obama will keep his BlackBerry for personal use, making him the first sitting president to use e-mail, the Associated Press reports.

People

In the News: McConnell says policy will boost info sharing

Outgoing director of national intelligence says policies must 'marry up to technology,' CQ Politics reports.

Cybersecurity

President-elect Barack Obama names a chief performance officer? Yawn.

The move generated a fair amount of buzz last week, but nothing compared with the ongoing speculation and debates about Obama’s eventual appointment of a governmentwide chief technology officer.

People

John Gioia: Program management innovator

John Gioia, co-founder of Robbins-Gioia, died of cancer Dec. 26.

People

Administration in Review: The transition checklist

Lessons that Obama’s team can learn from the Bush administration.

People

Circuit

Candidates for president are using online systems

People

Circuit

Cureton’s Kobayashi Maru; Comings & Goings: Karl Krumbholz.

Digital Government

Buzz of the Week

Budget showdown, fiscal 2008 edition.

People

Circuit

An out-of-this-world internship; USDA’s CFO also gets CIO hat.

People

Circuit

FCW@20: They said it; Back to today: AFFIRM’s new leaders.

People

Buzz of the Week

Quixotic battles

Digital Government

2008 budgets take shape

Agencies could see an uptick in fiscal 2008 spending.