Management

• DorobekInsider.com: As heard on the May 1 edition of the Daily Debrief

  Items that we mentioned today on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris… * WSJ op-ed: Obama’s Federal Suggestion Box by Brian Carney, a member of the Journal’s editorial…

  Budget

  May 01, 2009
• DorobekInsider.com: An update on Recovery.gov’s National Dialogue… and DOD asks for help

  Regular readers will know that I am fascinated with the Recovery.gov National Dialogue on Information Technology Solutions — a somewhat clunky name for the conversation that the Obama administration has opened up on ways to…

  Budget

  May 01, 2009
• Save Money by Buying IT Hardware

  Just like private-sector businesses, agencies are trying to squeeze out every last penny from IT budgets. One way is to extend the life of laptop inventories and other IT hardware. But Jack Gold of J.…

  All News

  May 01, 2009
• Homeland Security: Inside & Out – April 30th, 2009

  Former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff on the state of homeland security.

  Budget

  April 30, 2009
• Who watches the watchman?

  David Fisher Director Business Transformation Agency May 5th, 2009

  Federal Tech Talk

  April 30, 2009
• OMB wants to take IT projects from lagging to leading

  Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra is leading a two-month review on how agencies submit, and the Office of Management and Budget collects, IT project data. Kundra told Senate lawmakers yesterday that agencies need to…

  Management

  April 29, 2009
• DorobekInsider.com: The National Dialogue on transparency and Recovery.gov — an update after two days

  We are two days into Recovery.gov’s week-long National Dialogue on stimulus and transparency… and so far, it seems that they are getting some good information. Just a reminder for those who haven’t been following the…

  Budget

  April 29, 2009
• DorobekInsider.com: GSA FAS changes: Mary Powers-King named acting deputy assistant commissioner

  In a unexpected change, John Johnson, the retiring Assistant Commissioner for Integrated Technology Services at GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, has named Mary Powers-King as the acting deputy assistant commissioner for FAS’s Integrated Technology Services. Powers-King…

  Technology

  April 29, 2009
• The budget and your agency

  The full House and Senate could vote today on President Obama’s first budget resolution. James Horney is the director of federal fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He joins us to…

  Federal Drive

  April 29, 2009
• “Contracting With Uncle Sam”

  The ins and outs of doing business with the government are tough for beginners to navigate, and even people and companies who’ve sold to the government for years sometimes run into trouble. Bill Giallourakis has…

  All News

  April 28, 2009
• DorobekInsider.com: Navy has what I believe is the first green IT policy

  The Navy has posted what I believe — and I stand to be corrected — but I believe is the first agency green IT policy. The memo is posted below and can be found here…

  Defense

  April 28, 2009
• Federal Election Commission

  Alec Palmer CIO April 30, 2009

  Ask the CIO

  April 28, 2009
• DorobekInsider.com: The AFCEA Bethesda Kundra speech — did he tell people to go around the CIO?

  I almost felt like the headline of this post should be: Did you hear what I heard? I mentioned that federal CIO Vivek Kundra spoke last week at AFCEA’s Bethesda chapter. (In fact, I’m going…

  Budget

  April 28, 2009
• Pentagon’s John Young: Exit interview

  Today marks the final day on the job for John Young, the Pentagon’s Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Before leaving, he sat down for one last exit interview with reporters. FederalNewsRadio’s Max…

  Defense

  April 27, 2009