Cybersecurity

Why branding matters -- even in government

More focus on building and enhancing the employer brand could help agencies find and keep talent.

Digital Government

Romney hints at eliminating HUD, cutting Education

Mitt Romney, the former Republican Massachusetts governor now running for president, gave some of his most detailed comments to date on his plans for federal agencies including Housing & Urban Development and the Education department.

Modernization

Education Dept.'s new website suffers data leak, malfunctions

While USAJobs' technical problems have been in the news, another federal website, run by the Education Department, also is experiencing performance issues.

Digital Government

'Digital Promise' launched to help competitiveness

New center started to spur U.S. tech innovation.

Digital Government

Top and bottom 5 federal employers; readers react

FCW readers weigh in on which agencies they think are the best for launching a career.

Digital Government

Budget woes might lead to fewer feds

Employee buyouts and hiring freezes are some of the ways agencies are dealing with tight budgets.

Digital Government

Get those resumes in order

Consider yourself on notice, all you folks at the Education, Labor and Commerce departments: We’re just going to have to shut you down.

People

Agencies collaborate on learning research project

The Education and Defense departments are looking at how researchers and educators use federal resources to study and teach.

Modernization

White House wants agency for education IT

President Barack Obama is calling for creating a research agency to advance digital tutoring, educational games and other learning and teaching IT.

Digital Government

Broadband plan debate: federal bureaucracy or local initiative?

From reforming the Universal Service Fund to determining how grants are allocated, headaches remain for agencies in starting the National Broadband Plan.

People

Education plan outlines IT goals

The Education Department released its final plan for leveraging technology to improve learning and teaching.

Modernization

FCC needs controls over E-Rate program, GAO says

The Federal Communications Commissions' E-Rate program for schools and libraries needs to do more to counteract possible fraud, GAO reports.

Digital Government

How technology can reinvigorate the education system

President Barack Obama set a goal of making the United States first in the world in post-secondary academic degrees by 2020, and Jim Shelton says technology is what will get us there.

Modernization

Web clearinghouse for student loans not needed, GAO says

The Education Department would face numerous problems if it tried to create an online clearinghouse for public and private student loan information, report says.

Digital Government

State, local education agencies flunk stimulus law transparency tests

GAO found only 9 percent of the spending descriptions fully met the law's transparency criteria, such as for clear and complete information.

Acquisition

Education Department revamps obsolete acquisition regulations

Education Department officials are making the first large-scale revisions to their buying rules since President Ronald Reagan was in the White House.

Modernization

Education Department sets up new Web site for data display

The Education Department has decided to make all its school and student data available in one place on a new Web site called ED Data Express.

People

Education Department launches Web site offering public data

The Education Department's new Web site contains data on elementary and secondary education, student financial aid, math and science curricula, and other information.

Modernization

Education Department's innovation portal signs up 4,400

The Education Department has collected 128 ideas and attracted 4,468 people to its online innovation portal.

Digital Government

National Education Technology Plan in line for an update

The Education Department is preparing to update its National Education Technology Plan to include measures on adult education and on accessibility for people with learning disabilities.