Modernization
Interior seeks to safeguard mobile devices
The Interior Department seeks ways to protect information and networks when employees carry agency mobile devices to foreign lands.
People
Is a paperless government by 2019 too much to ask?
To accomplish the goals laid out in the Obama administration's recent records management directive will take money, IT and employee training -- three things the government is short on these days.
Digital Government
White House overhauls electronic records requirements
Agencies have until 2019 to abandon paper storage for e-records.
People
Federal officials push for greater info protection
A proposed rule would obligate contractors to provide protective measures for information provided by or generated for the government.
Digital Government
IG, Border Protection debate consolidation's benefits
Should the CBP use the Coast Guard's aviation logistics system or buy its own? The agency and DHS's IG disagree.
People
Treasury to set up Internet Payment Platform
Department officials wants to make payment processing easier for federal employees and federal contractors.
Digital Government
4 crucial steps to manage data
Before you can develop strategies to manage data retention, you have to know what you have and where it is, writes columnist Jim McGann.
People
OMB wants government to be easier to deal with
The goal of regulatory reform is to reduce the burden on private organizations dealing with the government.
People
GSA's new electronic travel system to improve on predecessor
The new E-Gov Travel Service adds reporting capabilities, data analysis.
People
Errors with find-and-replace
A Nook edition of "War and Peace" replaces the word "kindled" with "Nookd" all through the text. What does that mean for feds?
People
Agencies still struggling with electronic records management, NARA report shows
Despite efforts to improve, agencies are still at risk of compromising their records.
People
Antle untangles Arlington National Cemetery's records
To rectify recordkeeping gone awry at Arlington National Cemetery, Brad Antle convened the best of the tech industry and sorted through every step of the process.
People
House committee scolds SBA on modernization delays
SBA is modernizing its outdated loan management and accounting system, which was built in the 1970s on COBOL.
People
NARA could miss deadline for declassification project
Although the deadline is nearly two years away to evaluate 400 million historic documents for possible declassification, the National Archives and Records Administration is already concerned it might not make it.
People
DISA passes government audit test ahead of most of DOD
DISA's fiscal 2011 Defense Working Capital Fund financial statement has earned the agency its first "clean" audit designation.
People
Officials demand contractor identification
Agencies should stop using generic contractor identifiers to provide greater transparency.
People
OFPP, SBA team up on procurement data
The two agencies are aligning reporting efforts in order to provide more accurate data.
People
NARA officials defend searchability of electronic archive
National Archives and Records Administration leaders rebut a complaint from the agency's inspector general that search capabilities are inadequate on the newly deployed electronic archive.
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