National & World Headlines
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The document highlights work being done by NIST, standards working group and budget guidance to agencies. NIST to come out with several special publications to help agencies implement cloud computing. The CIO Council also includes use cases on 30 different cloud implementations.
May 26, 2010 -
Mike Thibault, Co-Chairman of the Commission on Wartime Contracting, tells us about new findings on contracting in Iraq.
May 26, 2010 -
It\'s being called a potential traffic catastrophe. Thousands of federal workers, and their cars, are being shifted to already crowded roads in Northern Virginia as part of BRAC. Now, there are efforts to stop it.
May 26, 2010 -
Did you ever hear of a GS 14 step 15? Some feds say that\'s what the National Security Personnel System created, and they love it. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey discusses the rise and fall of the loved-hated NSPS program.
May 26, 2010 -
A Major General in Haiti describes how much things have changed.
May 24, 2010 -
To achieve concrete outcomes, the will to drive change in an enterprise-wide perspective is needed to continue to breaking down barriers. We get an update on how that\'s going from the director of enterprise integration at DoD\'s Business Transformation Agency, Prashant Gaur.
May 24, 2010 -
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Every year, one distinguished federal IT acquisition manager receives the coveted John J. Franke award for career excellence. The award last night went to Jim Williams, who recently retired from the GSA as the Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service.
May 24, 2010 -
The DoD Secretary says he won\'t let a pay raise derail the Authorization bill.
May 21, 2010 -
We learn about the difference between blimps and tethered aerostats from Capt. Alex Lovett with Defense Research and Engineering
May 21, 2010 -
NOAA\'s National Geodetic Survey - the official U.S. government source for determining precise latitude, longitude and elevation - is undergoing a modernization effort that takes into account advances in GPS and other technologies. chief geodesist at NOAA, Dr. Dru Smith, tells us where we are with that.
May 21, 2010 -
Cyber security at the Veterans Affairs Department was slammed on Capitol Hill yesterday. The GAO explains why today.
May 20, 2010 -
Read a recent article from the Director of Entertainment Media at DoD.
May 20, 2010 -
NASA sidesteps flaws in FISMA, Microsoft to give feds early warning on security
May 20, 2010 -
Senate passes a bill that calls for many of the same changes the administration is asking for. House committee wants more answers about how the reforms would affect the hiring of veterans. OPM promises more answers in 90 days.
May 20, 2010