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One of the big stories of the past week was the OPM announcement what they termed as “a major overhaul of the Federal hiring process.“ These seems to be a very important step — changing…
Facebook rolling out new security features, House panel to consider cybersecurity overhaul
Computer breaches starting to level off, GISLA awards open for nominations
Special advisor the President Kareem Dale is refocusing agency efforts to make sure Web sites and other technology meets the accessibility law. The CIO Council also is looking at technology issues for people with disabilities. Dale says Justice also is working on a new survey of how agencies are complying with Section 508.
Today, of course, is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which is widely considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. But the Obama administration has also made green government a cornerstone initiative.…
The President\'s executive order about creating a greener government is on its way to being a year old. What\'s changed since last October?
We told you that the White House has appointed Michael Robertson as GSA’s chief of staff. Here is the memo that went out to GSA staff earlier today about the appointment: MEMORANDUM FOR ALL GSA…
When there are big events, I like to pull together resources in one place — and, of course, this has been open government week — the Office of Management and Budget issued a series of…
Last weekend, open government advocates gathered in Washington, DC for the second Transparency Camp — an un-conference, which is one of these events where bright people come together and decide what they want to talk…
We told you about it back in February — it is official this afternoon: Teri Takai has been nominated to be the Defense Department CIO and Defense Department Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration.…
New report from the Modernizing IT forum details the next steps OMB and agencies will take. The administration wants to focus on IT program management and customer service.
We’ve been following the saga forever, but the vote finally happened Thursday afternoon — we had it live as it happened on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris…
It was thought that Tuesday might be GSA V-Day — as in Vote Day where the Senate would move along Martha Johnson’s long delayed nomination to be the administrator of the General Services Administration. But…
Could Tuesday be V-Day for Martha Johnson, the Obama administration’s nominee to be GSA administrator — V-day meaning Senate vote day. We told you last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had put Johnson’s…