Digital Government
GAO: FAA overlooking global air traffic risks
Worries persist about how well the FAA's new air traffic control system will work with other systems.
Acquisition
GSA makes awards for long-awaited agile BPA
After multiple delays and an unusual solicitation process, 18F has 16 vendors ready to start delivering agile services.
People
How feds can put the hashtag in hiring
New report from the Partnership for Public Service offers best practices for using social media when recruiting for government jobs.
People
Tony Scott says IT spending 'headed the wrong way'
The federal CIO slammed the way federal agencies tend to spend too much maintaining old systems and how they rush to empty their budgets at year's end.
People
USPS wants to go high-tech without losing jobs
An agency long crippled by skyrocketing labor costs is trying to use technology not to trim its workforce but to preserve jobs.
People
More screens, more millennials?
Getting young people into government can be challenging. One company's prescription: Wow them with a "Minority Report" conference room.
People
Time to get your introverts talking (or at least typing)
The introverts who often dominate STEM professions tend to lie low in traditional meetings, which is why STEM-heavy NASA is dedicated to breaking out of the mold.
People
Marshals seek university for data training
While most of the personnel involved are based in Arlington, Va., the academic partner need not be close to the D.C. area.
Cybersecurity
Can America thump China for the OPM hack – and should it?
Foreign relations experts tackle tough questions of how, and if, the U.S. should retaliate against China for the latter's suspected orchestration of the biggest act of cyber espionage in history.
Cybersecurity
How OPM breach victims can fight back
Credit monitoring and credit freezes are recommended, as is providing false information for security questions on social media, banking and other websites.
People
Out-of-sight CIO resigns over the weekend, posts new job to LinkedIn
Barry West is out as CIO at the FDIC, and is now president of the Mason Harriman Group.
People
OPM's push for equal pay isn't new
Beth Cobert has called for a renewed focus on the persistent pay gap between men and women in the federal workforce, with an emphasis on pay flexibilities that benefit men. But her efforts are only one step on a longer journey.
Modernization
Feds talk app stores
Mobility is just as much about apps as it is devices. But vetting and featuring good apps is still a challenge for federal agencies.
Cybersecurity
Sprint leaders take a modest lap
Two agencies stood above the rest at the end of the federal cyber sprint, and one of them was the agency at the center of the cybersecurity maelstrom.
People
NTEU elects new president
Tony Reardon will replace Colleen Kelley at the 150,000-member union.
People
LGBTQ techies take over the White House
Diversity stood at center stage as programmers tackled problems ranging from minority tech hiring to criminal justice reform.
Acquisition
OPM wants to know who can manage electronic records
The current contract expires Aug. 23, and OPM anticipates issuing an official request for proposals and making an award between Aug. 11 and Aug. 23.
People
IG, House chairman lambast OPM's CIO
Lawmakers take aim, an inspector general claims wrongdoing, an agency offers a vaguely worded defense. Is another leadership change in the works at the Office of Personnel Management?
Cybersecurity
Cyber sprint laggards tell their stories (anonymously)
Energy, Justice and Education posted three of the worst performances on the recent results from the federal government's 30-day cyber sprint. What gives? And are the numbers really that important?
Acquisition
OPM breach notifications, round two
New contracting papers show the feds are trying to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first round of OPM breach notifications.
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