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DOD/SECURITY BUYERS' GUIDE
The guide focuses on contracts tailored to meet the unique requirements of the defense community. It includes service-specific and departmentwide contracts, such as the Enterprise Software Initiative. Because cybersecurity is such a big concern at defense agencies, this buyers' guide also highlights security-related contracts.

FEATURES

The environmental executive
Edwin Pinero's job is to make the federal government a model environmental citizen

• Read "Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management."


• This month, Federal Computer Week, Government Computer News and Washington Technology look at how the federal IT community is tackling this issue, each from its own perspective: FCW will focus on the contracting, GCN on the technology and WT on industry initiatives. See our 360-degree coverage.


• Take the poll: Is your agency doing enough to be green?

Measuring green
Agencies turn to service-level agreements and other forms of performance contracting to achieve new energy efficiency and electronics stewardship goals

• Read the Council on Environmental Quality’s memo about special contracting programs.


• Check out OFPP Administrator Paul Denett's memo on green purchases.

Nonfiction cyberwar
Military leaders come to grips with cyberwar beyond the pages of science fiction novels

NEWS

Buzz of the Week: The convenient truth

• Watch the full video of Lurita Doan dressed as a witch and riding a Segway on Halloween.

Bush codifies program improvement
New executive order institutionalizes PART and sets up formal accountability processes

Secure desktops not just for Vista

How secure are security clearances?

• Follow OPM's steps for getting a government security clearance.

And the 2007 Rising Stars are…

Circuit

• Do holiday shopping at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society's Web site, the Supreme Court Historial Society's site, the DEA Museum Foundation Gift Shop, World War II Remembered's store or the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shop.


• Check out Australia's National Public Toilet Map.

COMMENT

Editorial: Fixing the schedules
Like them or not, GSA's schedule contracts have been remarkably successful, accounting for about $36 billion in annual sales.

• Nominations for the annual Federal 100 awards program are now open. The nomination form can be found here.

McDonough: Ideas too good to sit on

• Check out the International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration Web site.

Sprehe: Being overly simplistic

• Check out the federal enterprise architecture.

MANAGEMENT

Brubaker's new focus is research
DOT’s funding decisions will help shape the future civilian transportation infrastructure

OPM suspends telework for some of its workers

• Find out more on OPM’s retirement systems modernization home page.

TECHNOLOGY

Networx billing systems tested
Testing regimen for ordering/billing systems clears the way for agencies to place orders

PROCUREMENT

Procurement chief chides IGs
Paul Denett speaks out against auditors who he says may be overstepping their bounds

POLICY

Lawmakers hit DHS on cyber plans
Langevin questions viability of a voluntary approach to critical infrastructure security

Navy offers high-level EA view

E-Gov Act reauthorization begins

FLIPSIDE

FCW Time Machine 2006: Blessed/cursed BlackBerry

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• Is your agency doing enough to be green?

Letters

• Send a letter to the editor at letters@fcw.com.

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