Commentary
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Adam Wick, research lead for mobile security and systems software at Galois, offers a three-pronged approach to defending federal networks and data.
May 30, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says current and future federal retirees would lose thousands of dollars in cost-of-living benefits if Congress goes along with the president's plan to put them on a zero-COLA plan.
May 30, 2017 -
Within a decade, probably all of the veterans will be gone and with them misty recollections of those who didn't come home alive.
May 26, 2017 -
The players have taken their seats. They're tuning their instruments. Now where's the Trump administration's IT conductor?
May 25, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the budget proposal could eliminate the so-called Social Security supplement now available to feds who are forced to retire earlier because of stressful, dangerous jobs.
May 25, 2017 -
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department, says the issue of federal pay is too complicated to have a simple, one-size-fits-all answer.
May 23, 2017 -
Dr. Matthew D. Harris, an associate adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, argues reducing the number of smaller OIGs will enhance the overall independence and effectiveness of the IG community.
May 23, 2017 -
If you're a federal employee, the budget proposal comes with some interesting policy ideas. You probably won't like them.
May 23, 2017 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says federal and Social Security retirees may be in for a cost-of-living adjustment that’ll trump January's proposed 1.9 percent pay raise for federal workers.
May 23, 2017 -
Roger Waldron gives GSA plans for streamlining and reform of procurement processes a thumbs up on behalf of The Coalition for Government Procurement
May 19, 2017 -
So clearly there is risk in eliminating the polygraph for new hire. A risk management approach asks, is it a risk worth taking?
May 19, 2017 -
The government operates a panoply of operating systems on its end points and servers. Never mind Windows 7. You can still find XP, Vista and Windows Server 2003.
May 17, 2017 -
Simply by hosting their tracking application — whether a giant spreadsheet or a real database — in a cloud, BLM officials could establish a framework for uniformity and thoroughness.
May 15, 2017 -
April Chen, a senior product manager for Iron Mountain, said agencies should start by assessing their current classification schemes and taxonomies to understand if they need to be updated or even rebuilt entirely.
May 15, 2017 -
Chris Cairns and Robert L. Read make the case for agencies to once again try to use share-in-savings contracts to modernize technology systems.
May 10, 2017