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NewsNASA past performance ratings higher for cost plus contracts than fixed price
The more a company has a contractually risky relationship with NASA, the more likely it is that the agency will rate that contractor well during past performance evaluations, according to new... Read more...
Guest commentary: FOIA is a tool for VA reform
Guest post by Kristina Brown, Hilary Dockray and Paul SullivanThe Department of Veterans Affairs has already treated a staggering 537,000 Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran patients since their return... Read more...
Border spending bill cuts $100 million from SBInet
Tactical communications along the southwest border gained a funding boost with President Obama's August 13 signing of a $600 million supplemental spending border security bill--a boost paid for in... Read more...
Federal government lacks clear cybersecurity strategy, says GAO
President Obama's Cyberspace Policy Review (.pdf) determined the need for a clear strategy for cybersecurity, yet no such strategy exists, states a Government Accountability Office audit published... Read more...
OMB updates web privacy rules - statement & audio
On June 25, Obama administration officials from the Office of Management and Budget held a press briefing on updated policies for the federal government's use of web technologies--focusing... Read more...
President calls for data center consolidation
The Obama administration wants federal agencies to cut waste by selling and consolidating excess real estate, specifically calling for a reduction in a surplus of government-owned data centers. In a... Read more...
Rob Klause talks WhiteHouse.gov
Rob Klause, former web manager for the executive office of the president oversaw the transition of the President George W. Bush website to the National Archives and Records Administration, while... Read more...
Agency data isn't perfect and transparency isn't enough
Raw data isn't always the same as government transparency, said speakers and audience members during a May 25 session at the Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington, D.C. Said one audience member, "there are... Read more...
NICE maps cybersecurity goals for federal agencies, general public
The National Institute of Standards and Technology will coordinate a nationwide effort at cybersecurity education. The White House tasked NIST in a plan released April 19 for the National Initiative... Read more...
Why WhiteHouse.gov chose Drupal
When the White House jumped on the open-source bandwagon and chose Drupal for managing the back-end of WhiteHouse.gov, the decision made headlines. Rob Klause, the man behind the Drupal transition,... Read more...
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