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.
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