Commentary
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Rob Stein, the vice president for NetApp U.S. Public Sector, highlights possible trends in how agencies buy and deploy technology over the next year.
February 08, 2016 -
An incident in the TSA's Las Vegas "Pre store" shows data sharing and database matching don't always align the way they should.
February 08, 2016 -
If the White House vetted and hired Ashkan Soltani, it could not have known or expected his security clearance would not come through.
February 05, 2016 -
Indiana avoided $80 million in what the feds would call improper payments, and now the crooked filers are moving on.
February 04, 2016 -
Haiyan Song, a senior vice president of security markets for Splunk, makes the case that the only way the government will survive the continuous onslaught of cyber attacks is by working more closely with industry.
February 02, 2016 -
FBI Director Jim Comey should drive out to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency campus on the outskirts of Fort Belvoir.
February 01, 2016 -
Given the Washington area’s notorious gridlock getting to work intact is a challenge on a good day. After a couple of feet of snow ...
January 29, 2016 -
'Midshippie' does have a hip sort of ring, can be spoken or sung, and it would sound perfect if shouted out by a drill instructor at a cadet (cadette?).
January 27, 2016 -
A bipartisan group of seven members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee wrote to every major agency and several smaller ones seeking information about the cyber defects announced by Juniper Networks in December.
January 27, 2016 -
Uncle Sam did have a major — in some cases record-breaking — event over the weekend. It closed many operations in many places. Others carried on. All kept vital functions going, no matter what.
January 27, 2016 -
The great CEOs of American history make up a ceaselessly fascinating bunch. Movies, though, not so much.
January 26, 2016 -
Karen Terrell, vice president of SAS Federal, argues that adaptive case management could transform the current approach to reviewing federal employees and contractors with security clearances.
January 25, 2016 -
With all of the hype surrounding the passage of phased retirement, you might have expected thousands of people to have signed up. But only a relative handful have to date. Jeff Neal, former DHS chief human capital officer, offers a reason why.
January 21, 2016 -
Fear of asteroids can conjures up snickers, like worries of a spaceship veering in on the National Mall. In reality, asteroids whack at the Earth regularly.
January 21, 2016 -
Richard Lieberman, a consultant and retired attorney, offers insights into when a contractor should sue its government customer.
January 20, 2016