Cybersecurity
Group urges White House to lead on cybersecurity
The next president should deal with the growing cybersecurity threat by creating a new White House cybersecurity office and National Security Council directorate, commission says.
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Experts: Changes will come fast for government IT
Executives say a new administration and new generation of workers will force government information technology to evolve quickly.
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FedTracker: Obama site lists transition teams
Change.gov has a very helpful list of the Obama-Biden transition team leaders, broken down by topic area. The main page lists them all; clicking a particular category, such as "Government Operations Team Leads," brings up detailed biographies of the individuals on the team.
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Transition Watch: Gates to focus on acquisition
Defense contracting reform is a key issue for the incoming administration, and increased attention from Gates is expected to bring Gates and President-elect Obama into closer agreement on future needs.
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Get a Life!: Inaugural holiday?
Closure of federal offices could be a test of continuity-of-operations plans.
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FCW Insider: What Obama can learn from Shaq about Twitter
The Municipalist blogger ("Where government and Web 2.0 collide") has an entertaining post about the potential of Twitter as a presidential platform.
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Transition Watch: Obama faces major problems with DHS
Significant management challenges, an urgent requirement for investment in human capital and a growing list of acquisition programs need to be resolved.
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BREAKING NEWS: Obama picks Peter Orszag as OMB director
President-Elect Barack Obama picks Peter Orszag as the director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Transition Watch: Obama supporters ponder online future
The Obama transition team is thinking about how to keep the more than 2 million registered users of the MyBarackObama.com Web site engaged
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Transition Watch: Cybersecurity will be high on Obama's to-do list
At the top of that list will be tough cybersecurity tasks left behind by the Bush administration.
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Transition Watch: Hundreds of technology jobs up for grabs
The Obama administration will need to fill more than 300 presidentially appointed technology positions, with 21 of them being chief information officer posts.
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Letter: Obama administration might allow some outsourcing
A reader writes that the incoming Obama administration might allow some outsourcing of government work if it would be cost effective.
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Transition Watch: Obama will cut outsourcing
President Obama says he will reduce the number of contracts that outsource government work to private firms.
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Transition Watch: Obama's BlackBerry may be disconnected
President-elect Barack Obama, a devoted BlackBerry user, might have to revert to 20th-century communications methods when he moves into the Oval Office.
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Letter: Obama's Change.gov site a quick read
A reader addresses the speculation surrounding who President-elect Barack Obama should choose as chief technology officer and the shortcomings of the Change.gov site.
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