Cybersecurity
OPM widens online degree program, TSA tightens up, Sandia signs deal and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
The price of poor program management
Here are 1.8 billion reminders of why PM matters.
People
Tech jobs, FAA video and OPM recruitment roadmap
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Is 85 percent of SES really above average?
GAO report questions agencies' approach to executive performance reviews.
Acquisition
DHS on Instagram, an app for the border and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Another depressing story about federal hiring
Steve Kelman finds a bright side, however, in the ability of individual managers to buck the trends.
Modernization
Power outage, disaster data, FedRAMP approval and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
OPM plans new case management system to speed retirement processing
"There is overwhelming enthusiasm to become more modern within the entire organization," OPM Associate Director Kenneth Zawodny told lawmakers.
People
Obama: No perks but thanks and new initiatives for SES
"Too often we get stovepiped at a time when we need...to be working together," the president told senior feds.
People
Rebecca S. Ayers
This Rising Star is transforming the way agencies track and manage their employees' performance.
People
Maybe it's the managers who need training
The Presidential Management Fellows program aims to train the agency leaders of tomorrow and is expanding its STEM efforts. But many of the fellows say the program is falling short.
People
Fed millennials are a satisfied bunch
An OPM report found that almost two-thirds of federal employees born since 1980 consider government a good place to work.
Acquisition
OPM’s breakup with USIS could be a seminal moment
A state-sponsored breach, not other failings, reportedly prompted OPM to terminate its big contract with USIS.
People
Agencies' declining use of performance data
The government's use of performance information is down from 2007, despite GAO's attempts to promote its long-term operational benefits.
Acquisition
More China hacking, a deputy director for OPM and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
The mobile revolution could transform the next-generation federal workforce
Today's children are tomorrow's workforce -- plugged in, connected and ready for an office without walls. Will the government be ready for them?
Modernization
OPM's Berry finds it 'incredibly crazy' that claims process not automated yet
OPM's retirement claims processing could see a long-awaited makeover in spring 2013, according to the agency's head.
Cybersecurity
GAO, OPM: IT skills gap remains a critical concern
First designated as high risk 11 years ago, human capital management is still on the front burner.
People
Counting federal employees is no simple task
The federal workforce is on the hot seat as policymakers try to cut costs, but the simple question of how big the workforce is yields no definitive answer.
People
'Rockstar' innovators descend on Washington
The newly minted Presidential Innovation Fellows will take a half-year to work on projects benefiting all citizens.
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