People
NASA CTO Deborah Diaz to retire in September
The longtime federal IT leader also played key roles at DHS, GSA and other agencies.
Modernization
New data center guidance shifts emphasis from consolidation to optimization
OMB's Data Center Optimization Initiative gives agencies new metrics and goals for fiscal 2018.
Acquisition
Finding the industry linchpins of federal IT
Help FCW and Washington Technology identify this year's Hot Companies to Watch.
Cybersecurity
A $5.8B argument for better IT management
IT COST Commission releases new taxonomy and metrics for managing IT spend, and says big agency savings can result from better data.
Cybersecurity
Two years after Heartbleed, an improved OpenSSL aims for government approval
A much-improved version of the cryptographic building block lacks FIPS 140-2 validation, but SafeLogic is stepping in to change that.
Digital Government
Can 18F's Cloud.gov pass FedRAMP review?
The Cloud.gov team details its ongoing efforts to secure a provisional authority to operate.
Acquisition
Deadline extended for Rising Star nominations
Got some early-career colleagues who are doing great things in federal IT? Nominate them for FCW's 2016 Rising Star awards.
Digital Government
Can government get digital services to stick?
What top digital leaders say is needed for true transformation.
Digital Government
McCabe joins Deloitte to focus on digital
Former ASI Government CEO and Federal 100 winner will focus on bringing "organizations and their missions into the digital space."
Digital Government
Inside the world of cybercrime
Former federal prosecutor David Locke Hall recounts the investigation and takedown of a $100 million cybercrime operation.
Digital Government
Making your own luck
Pagan Kennedy explores what it takes to truly invent -- and whether we can find ways to encourage more of it.
Digital Government
When data deceives
Never mind big data -- John H. Johnson and Mike Gluck warn that the little data can create real confusion all by itself.
People
Succession planning for CIOs
Don't try to pick your replacement, current and former CIOs advised. Instead, strengthen the office so that any good successor can succeed.
Acquisition
Help us find the Rising Stars
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Rising Star Awards.
Modernization
Finally, a faster FedRAMP?
A revamped assessment process targets the cloud security program’s biggest friction point: time.
Acquisition
Daniel Chenok: Putting government first
Dan Chenok, the IBM Center for the Business of Government's executive director, seems to have a hand in virtually every discussion devoted to making government run better.
People
7 things no one tells a new CIO
What current and former CIOs wish they'd known before they jumped into an agency job.
People
PSC picks new CEO
David J. Berteau, DOD's assistant secretary for logistics and materiel readiness, will succeed Stan Soloway as head of the Professional Services Council.
Acquisition
Congratulations to the 2016 Federal 100
Looking for success stories and exceptional change in federal IT? Meet the women and men who are making it happen.
Digital Government
What CIOs really think about FITARA implementation
In a candid and wide-ranging discussion, the leaders tasked with making IT reform a reality debate the key (and sometimes still missing) ingredients.
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