Taming mobile data
5 steps and 3 tools to stop sensitive information from walking out the door

Diamonds in the data
Federal agencies increasingly use data mining to extract valuable info buried in large databases

Making EVM matter
Earned value management has been around for decades but is now becoming an essential part of how agencies manage projects. Why should you care?

Migrating to IPv6
With deadlines looming, agencies need to get serious about upgrading their data networks to the next-generation IP

FEMA pledges better disaster relief fund payouts
Poor use of IT frequently led to payment of fraudulent claims in 2005

DOE security upgrades could better protect data

New Google portal delves into gov sites

Intercepts

Circuit

Editorial: Maintaining control
After years of being just talk, data mining is in vogue.

Welles: Whistle-blowers are wary

Rand identifies workforce-planning risks
Limited data could slow management efforts to match DOD workforce to supply and demand

CXOs focus on collaboration as key to better management

Supercomputing takes NASA to infinity and beyond
From science to space exploration, the world’s fourth-fastest computer is an agency asset

The Pipeline

Roadblocks hamper emergency response system coordination

Fed contractors want thorough overhaul of clearance processing
Poll details many faults in ‘wholesale systemic failure’

SPACs gain ground in federal M&A action

PART earns partial credit from critics
Both sides agree that the program rating tool, despite flaws, has few competitors

Health IT lawmakers study privacy

Key House leader pushes for FAA telecom project funding

Financial Line of Business questioned

A grand time