Commentary
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The richest nation on earth has the poorest record when it comes to guaranteeing paid parental leave for its people. This is embarrassing.
June 16, 2016 -
Common access cards work. They get you on the network. They open gates and doors. But DoD CIO Terry Halvorsen is right. It's time for them to go.
June 16, 2016 -
If Microsoft mixes LinkedIn into Office 365, will people eventually have to become Office 365 subscribers to use LinkedIn?
June 15, 2016 -
Too often, the assignment of a high number of outstanding ratings results in a lot of small performance awards that do little to motivate performance.
June 14, 2016 -
Keith Trippie, the CEO of The Trippie Group LLC and a public sector board member of Acquia, says agencies should follow the lead of dating, travel and insurance companies and have an “easy” button for system modernization.
June 13, 2016 -
Wayne Lewandowski, Vormetric’s vice president of federal operations, makes the case for agencies to embrace and prioritize encryption and privileged access controls to better secure their data.
June 08, 2016 -
The highly publicized alcohol ban, dutifully reported by every outlet in the world, strikes me as theatrical.
June 07, 2016 -
Roger Waldron examines two provisions from Sen. Tom Carper's amendments to the NDAA, which are of significant interest to the Federal contracting community.
June 06, 2016 -
What do you call a bonus system where 60 percent of all workers get the cash awards? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it's called the U.S. government.
June 06, 2016 -
There is little that managers do that is more important than talent management.
June 03, 2016 -
Federal websites have lots of information, but they occasionally wander into propaganda territory.
June 03, 2016 -
Being a federal civil servant doesn’t guarantee one eternal happiness. But it may help.
June 03, 2016 -
COBOL itself, while expensive and increasingly difficult to maintain, stands as the proxy for the actual modernization difficulties.
June 02, 2016 -
The question for Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson is how tough and accountable the Navy will be about itself as the Fat Leonard scandal widens.
May 31, 2016 -
Jose Carlos Linares, president and CEO, Open Technology Group, highlights the need for agencies to make sure they have an effective vulnerability management program.
May 31, 2016