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GSA expands on O'Hare's GWACs comments

In a recent FCW interview, Ed O'Hare, assistant commissioner of the Office of Integrated Technology Services at GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, clarifies his recent GWAC comments.

Virtualization: A desktop savings plan

New virtualization solutions can cut desktop computer costs and boost security.

China's cybersecurity fears sound very familiar

In China, fears of U.S. mirror American fears of China.

War games spark better-informed decisions

Game concepts are useful tools for planning programs.

Fate of Registered Traveler data up in air after vendor quits program
TSA appears to be distancing itself from the handling of personal data for a Registered Traveler program that suddenly shut down. Jul 06, 2009
Defense bill: Contractors would feel the hurt if feds are injured
If a contractor is found at fault for causing injury to a government employee, DOD must prohibit any award fee. Jul 06, 2009
U.K. mulls handing off national health records to Microsoft, Google Jul 06, 2009
Recommendations for reducing government secrecy roll in Jul 06, 2009
Sharing of past-performance data now mandatory Jul 02, 2009
DHS names PACTS winners Jul 02, 2009
Agency will study health IT workflow Jul 02, 2009

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DAVID RAPP

Editor's desk: It takes a village

We don’t live in an ivory tower, though sometimes I can see why some people think we do. Read more

Matt Bigge

Social media: Threat or revolution?

Fears of the security risk of new tools miss the point. Read more

FCW Insider

Are GWACs dead or not? Readers sound off

Readers are giving us an earful about our recent coverage of a speech about the fate of GSA’s governmentwide acquisition contracts.

Alinea

COOP: What's the drill?

Does anyone know how the U.S. government's real-time exercise went last Wednesday?

The Lectern

The Lectern: Govloop’s contracting forum

Since its launch, the Acquisition 2.0 Forum has hosted a number of discussions, most extensively on improving the process for defining requirements in services procurement.

Get a Life!

Get a Life!: Leadership lessons from White House Fellows

Former White House fellows Colin Powell and Doris Kearns Goodwin offer some leadership lessons, writes blogger Judy Welles.

John Klossner

Klossner: Those guys are wearing underwear on the outside ...

FCW cartoonist John Klossner imagines that open-source proponents probably encounter the same doubts that would be raised about superheroes.

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Virtualization

Virtualization: A desktop savings plan Jul 01, 2009
Virtualization: A guide to the latest lessons learned Jul 01, 2009
Display protocols critical in desktop virtualization battle Jun 26, 2009
Dell introduces virtualization consulting services Jun 22, 2009
New organization to address interoperability between social media, ID management Jun 22, 2009

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GSA recasts statements on the end of the GWAC era

Sharing of past-performance data now mandatory

DHS to sweep up more data on employees, contractors

SSA to monitor social media sites

GAO urges improvements to FISMA

Sharing of past-performance data now mandatory

GSA recasts statements on the end of the GWAC era

DHS to sweep up more data on employees, contractors

Census successfully uses handhelds to verify addresses

DHS names PACTS winners

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Virtualization: A desktop savings plan

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eSeminar

Find opportunity in the cloud
Washington Technology presents Patrick Stingley, chief technology officer of the Bureau of Land Management, in a recent eSeminar, where he explains opportunities and challenges of the federal government adoption of cloud computing. Read more

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