People

Mark Chait walks in industry exec’s shoes

ATF agent, McAfee vice president discover they share similar management challenges

People

OPM: Paying college loans a big draw in government

The Student Loan Repayment Program has been paying off for agencies in recruiting and retaining government employees.

Cybersecurity

NIST offers ID card, reader guidelines

Draft guidelines focus on establishing interoperability between personal identity verification cards and readers.

People

OPM tells agencies how to report training data

OPM said its goal is to ensure that agencies have properly documented and reported records of their training programs.

Modernization

Bankrupt SGI seeks better management

Analysts attribute company’s woes to leadership failures

People

ATF, unions agree on telework plan

The final agreement will cover about 750 agency employees.

People

Pension system to benefit from makeover

OPM has awarded a $290M contract to improve the quality and timeliness of retirement services.

Acquisition

GAO: Census Bureau running out of time for 2010

Changes in contract milestones could affect the ability to develop systems by 2008 dress rehearsal.

People

Government disability site earns Web award

DisabilityInfo.gov has earned a Gold Award from the American Association of Webmasters for outstanding design and quality of content.

Modernization

NIST releases standards for securing domain names

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends enforcing content control of DNS name resolution using integrity constraints.

People

Agencies struggle to hire technical talent

Survey finds negative fed image hampers recruitment efforts to fill tech jobs

Modernization

USPTO proposes pilot of Peer to Patent program

The Patent and Trademark Office has partnered with the New York Law School to adopt a program, which uses a volunteer peer review process to evaluate patents.

People

GAO: Agencies need better telework plans

The Government Accountability Office laid much of the blame for agencies' lack of telework planning on the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

People

NSPS pay tables released

They show the differences between pay ranks and job types.

Cybersecurity

Feds consider smart card options

Different choices for implementation balance security, cost and privacy

Digital Government

SGI files for Chapter 11

Company has suffered falling revenues, mounting debt and plummeting stock value.

Modernization

Soldiers find alternatives to DOD’s Internet cafs

Self-run ISPs keep troops in Iraq connected to loved ones back home.

Cybersecurity

Monster uses e-Authentication to make USAJobs more secure

It will help secure the site and allow recruiters easier access to the features through a secure log-in.

Cybersecurity

NIST issues performance metrics draft

The metrics would allow agencies to measure vulnerabilities and strengths in their information security.

People

West to return to Commerce as CIO

Barry West will become the chief information officer at the Commerce Department. He has served as CIO at the Federal Emergency Management Agency since October 2003.