Commentary
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Grant and contract spending reported under the DATA Act is practically useless.
November 21, 2017 -
Robin Camarote and Chris Cairns make the case for how agencies can get more value out of their consulting contracts.
November 21, 2017 -
Doug Taylor, a program director for HighPoint Global, describes the factors agencies should consider when modernizing citizen services.
November 20, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you're hoping for a $40,000 buyout from your agency, you can forget about it, unless you work for DoD.
November 17, 2017 -
Jeff Neal, former CHCO at the Homeland Security Department, says there are many reasons for the lack of employee and hiring manager confidence in promotion programs.
November 15, 2017 -
The intelligence community is doing what other organizations do when under siege — they burnish their image.
November 15, 2017 -
Jason Zann, vice president and head of platform for RiskIQ, makes the case for agencies to use automation to discover and protect their systems and data.
November 13, 2017 -
The bicycle commuter who flipped off President Trump's motorcade worked as a federal contractor. When she was identified, her boss fired her.
November 09, 2017 -
If you work in government, are you a good bureaucrat or a bad bureaucrat? If not, do you use 'bureaucrat' as a term of derision? Or do you accept that there are both good and bad bureaucrats?
November 08, 2017 -
Eric Trexler, the executive director of national security and civilian programs for McAfee, explains why machine learning is the fastest way to identify attacks and mitigate their impact.
November 08, 2017 -
Federal agencies strive for online service that matches the private sector, but sometimes private-sector service stinks.
November 07, 2017 -
Roger Waldron is the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, examines the impact of OMB Circular, Implementing Category Management for Common Goods and Services.
November 03, 2017 -
Crystal Philcox, assistant commissioner for operations at the General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service, is a good example of how federal service can run in families.
November 03, 2017 -
The benefits-eating monster is real. And still out there. Just as you suspected.
November 03, 2017 -
As the press for systems modernization and greater cybersecurity continue, expect more agencies to evaluate this technology.
November 01, 2017