Robert Klopp

Agencies no longer have to wait on OPM for certain direct-hire authorities

The Office of Personnel Management is giving agency heads the flexibility to decide whether they need direct-hire authority to fill certain IT positions…

Hiring/Retention

In abandoning VistA, VA faces culture change that’s ‘orders of magnitude bigger’ than expected

Veterans Affairs

This Wednesday, May 20, 2015 photo shows server banks inside a data center at AEP headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Like most big utilities, AEP's power plants, substations and other vital equipment are managed by a network that is separated from the company's business software with layers of authentication, and is not accessible via the Internet. Creating that separation, and making sure that separation is maintained, is among the most important things utilities can do to protect the grid's physical assets. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

After 25 years of talk, SSA says it has right plan to modernize its IT

Technology

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2004 file photo, an obsolete 8 and 1-half inch floppy disc is held in London. Congressional investigators say the government spends about three-fourths of its technology budget maintaining aging computer systems. That includes platforms more than 50 years old in such vital areas as nuclear weapons and Social Security. One still uses floppy disks. (AP Photo/Adam Butler, File)

A knotty, tangled mess of IT systems

Reporter's Notebook

Frustrated House committee slams SSA’s cyber protection programs

Congress

Robert Klopp: SSA tech shop gears up for baby boomer challenge

Federal Drive

SSA collected petabytes of data. Now what?

OMB wants digital services playbook to be more than shelfware

Technology

NASA, Energy, Commerce rearrange seats in CIO’s office

People