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

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.