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Deputy secretaries now get quarterly scorecards on how their agency is meeting four IT security priorities, including continuous monitoring of agency networks and secure identity cards. Howard Schmidt, the White House cyber coordinator, said the goal is to increase accountability and make sure agencies are putting enough focus on these areas. Schmidt said he is also developing priorities for 2012, which includes getting cybersecurity legislation passed.
A Pentagon report found that more than a quarter of active-duty military personnel who requested absentee ballots for the 2010 election never received them. DoD is examining the reasons and looking to technological solutions.
Are you better off financially slogging it to work or sleeping in five days a week. Some people say that all things considered they would be better off as a retiree than as an office serf. So do the math, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
The Labor Department gave $68,000 in prizes for applications to help connect unemployed people with job positions.
Dan Mintz, former Transportation Department CIO, found much to like in Steven VanRoekel\'s first major speech.
An uncertain spending budget at the Defense Department isn\'t stopping large defense contracting companies from turning a solid profit.
Ilyse Veron is editor of The Public Manager.
Alan Chvotkin is the vice president of the Professional Services Council.
Jean Gilson is the senior vice president for strategy and marketing of DAI.
Charles Romine has been selected to replace Furlani as the head of the NIST IT lab.
The Postal Service will stop accepting mail addressed to military post offices in Iraq starting Nov. 17th. Those responsibilities will transition to State Department embassy or consulate post offices.
After a rocky start, the Office of Personnel Management says USAJobs.gov, the federal government\'s jobs portal, is making progress, citing 1.8 million successful log-ins in the last two weeks.
Elizabeth Ferrell, a partner at McKenna Long\'s government contracts practice, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss what contractors are already feeling in the wake of the Budget Control Act.
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has launched a process that would merge the department\'s office for mining reclamation with the larger Bureau of Land Management. Salazar said the move is part of the department\'s continued push for greater efficiencies.