Reporter's Notebook

• IT job of the week

  The Defense Department has the perfect job for the executive with a passion for technology and human resources. DoD is looking for a new director of its enterprise HR information systems in the Office of…

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 16, 2015
• Federal technology chairs shuffle at SEC, NASA

  The Securities and Exchange Commission is promoting from within for its new chief information officer. NASA is losing a key senior technology executive to retirement.

  Technology

  February 16, 2015
• FITARA implementation listening tour

  The Office of Management and Budget is getting kudos for its initial steps to implement the Federal Information Technology Reform Act (FITARA).

  Congress

  February 16, 2015
• GSA pitches acquisition reforms to Obama

  The White House is interested government procurement. No, not the Office of Management and Budget, which includes the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, but the actual West Wing.

  Management

  February 16, 2015
• Army’s unified communications plans slide to 2016

  The service's ambitious plan to replace its legacy communications circuits. with an everything-over-IP infrastructure that can handle voice, video, chat and lots of other collaboration tools looks like it's going to be delayed.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  February 09, 2015
• Smaller force means Army will overhaul its strategy for producing combat-ready troops

  The Army Force Generation process is on its way out - apparently as a casualty of reduced force structure.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  February 09, 2015
• DoD energy use falls to lowest level on record

  Energy has been a hot topic within DoD for the last several years, with each of the military services pledging to reduce their overall consumption and get at least 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020.

  Defense

  February 09, 2015
• Army to soldiers: get some sleep

  As part of a major public health campaign called the "performance triad" the Army wants its soldiers to have healthy exercise, nutrition and sleep routines.

  Defense

  February 09, 2015
• Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

  Agencies obligated more than $18 billion in spending against the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for IT services over the last five years. And one vendor got more than 10 percent of that revenue. In the latest edition of Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller writes about the winners under Alliant. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about some of those interesting trends.

  All News

  February 03, 2015
• IT Job of the Week

  The Secret Service is looking for a new CIO.

  Technology

  February 02, 2015
• Building a highway of data in the cloud

  Wanted: A cloud infrastructure where the vendor is responsible for not only the technology, but moving petabytes of data from legacy systems and making it all available on multiple form factors.

  Technology

  February 02, 2015
• FTC looking for a new CIO; DISA finds a replacement

  Bajinder Paul, who spent the last 17 months as the Federal Trade Commission's chief information officer, now is with the Federal Reserve Bank.

  Defense

  February 02, 2015
• Trends on GSA’s Alliant that make you go, hmmm

  The Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for IT services widely has been considered one of the most successful multiple award contracts over the last decade. Two recent blogs highlight some interesting trends.

  Management

  February 02, 2015
• DISA’ s top cyber official retires this week. Ask him anything!

  Defense Information Systems Agency's top cybersecurity official, Mark Orndorff, will join us for both a radio interview and a live online chat this week.

  Defense

  January 26, 2015