The most important Federal news stories of the week as selected by Larry Allen of the Coalition for Government Procurement, and Federal News Radio\'s Tom Temin.
Federal agencies are under the gun to develop strategies for moving many of their IT functions into the cloud.
As the third quarter starts, employers cut 125,000 jobs from the nation\'s payrolls in June, but the loss was driven by a wave of census layoffs. Certified financial planner Arthur Stein explains what\'s ahead.
The Alaska National Park Service IT/radio team has received the Alaska Federal Executive Association 2009 Civilian Team of the Year Award on the basis of cost savings to the government by means of technology. We learn more from NPS\'s Alaska region CIO, Dan Healey.
A possible price crunch coming to the Federal contracting world is raising eyebrows in the vendor community.
This week, host John Gilroy talks with Vince Menzione of Microsoft. July 6, 2010
Amtower interviews Bill Howard, president of Chesapeake Cyber Associates and host of the monthly Maryland Marketing Meeting. July 5, 2010
Cybersecurity training is expanding beyond agencies and into high schools, libraries and other workplaces. It\'s called the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. We learn more about it from NIST\'s Dr. Ernest McDuffie.
The success the Recovery and Transparency Board is having in tracking how recipients are spending funds has become a national model. Chair Earl Devaney explains how it works.
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton outlines the importance of telework, and what the federal government can do to increase the amount of feds to telecommute. We get details from Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Abe Zwany.
Also in the cybersecurity headlines: Navy CIO Carey moving to Fleet Cyber Command, Study Reveals DHS Does Not Dominate the Homeland Security Market
CBP HQ to move next year; Report confirms USPS should pay less into pension; Living soldier in line for Medal of Honor; Flying Car Approved by FAA, Will Be Available Next Year
Agency graduates first class from a training series that participants say will help them meet challenges they face on the job every day.