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White House Security Coordinator Howard Schmidt outlines the administration\'s plan for the new cybersecurity office.
Did you receive an e-holiday card from the White House? Well, it wasn\'t from the White House, and it wasn\'t just an ecard
OMBWatch\'s Gary Bass assesses the new policy from the White House on the independence of federal scientists\' work.
What does the language in the continuing resolution mean for federal employees? AFGE\'s Jackie Simon tries to answer some of the most pressing questions around the two-year pay freeze and how the CR affects performance bonuses and step increases. OMB is expected to offer guidance in the coming weeks.
Gov Info Security reports that measures to create an Office of Cyber were eliminated from the defense spending bill.
The agencies sign a MOU to work more closely on research and development on new technologies to protect the financial services sector\'s critical infrastructure. This agreement follows a pilot DHS and DoD have been working on to share threat information.
The Fiscal Commission issued its final set of recommendations detailing several that would affect federal employees. The panel suggested reducing the federal workforce by 200,000 employees over the next five years, changing the FEHB to a defined contribution premium program and several other short term changes.
The White House deficit commission releases its recs, some of which directly impact federal employees.
One expert sees the most likely avenue to pass the White House\'s proposal is by adding language to a continuing resolution. Qorvis\'s Stan Collender said now is the time for employees, contractors and unions to make their concerns about the pay freeze heard.
OMB said $687 million was recovered across all agencies this year in improper payments.
Trudy Givens, of Portage, Wisc., beat out more than 18,000 with her idea for an \"opt-in\" option for hard copies of the Federal Register.
Tom Shoop of GovExec joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the qualifications of the potential position.
The White House wants common security requirements for agencies in the cloud. So GSA is rolling out FedRAMP. They say it will provide security authorizations and continuous monitoring of cloud systems.
In a first, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs calls on Twitter for the first question in a press briefing.