James Carafano is the Director for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
Rear Adm. Sean Filipowski will take over from Rear Adm. Jan Tighe as the deputy director of operations at Cyber Command.
The Defense Department has some new cyber rules for contractors to follow.
The Veterans Affairs Department is sending out $430,000 to nearly 200 family caregivers of veterans.
If passed, a new bill will give allow businesses to compete against federal prison manufacturing.
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The agency will buy a broad range of technology services from eight large and seven veteran-owned small businesses under the T4 contract. The deal is a multiple-award IDIQ contract that will last five years.
The Defense Department is launching an Information Technology Exchange Pilot Program.
In Debra Filippi\'s 34 years of work in the federal government she served as the Director of the DoD/VA Interagency program office.
Agency CIO Roger Baker said he plans to let employees use mobile devices on the VA network starting in fiscal 2012. He\'s leaning toward the bring-your-own-device approach, but details still need to be finalized. Baker said VA also will update its mobile computing policy.
The President\'s proposal for a Civilian Property Realignment Board could cost agencies more money than the current system to dispose of unused federal property.
The National Resource Directory is allowing agencies to share information with members of the military. Koby Langley from DoD tells Federal News Radio how the collaboration works.
Our Federal Drive Discussion this month looks at what goes into planning facility upgrades. Guests include George Jakabcin from TIGTA and Lou Williams from GSA.
In this morning\'s Federal Newscast, today is Defense Secretary Robert Gates\' last day on the job. Plus, how some Census workers could be losing their jobs.
GSA, DoD, DHS still need at least another month to finalize the FedRAMP requirements. Agencies and vendors are anxiously waiting the FedRAMP process to speed up the move to cloud computing and save money. The CIO Council also is developing the top 20 cloud security considerations to help agencies mitigate risks.