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FEATURE
Senses working overtime
Air Force researchers aim to help pilots and others operate increasingly complex aircraft and mission support systems.
THE WEEK
Policy News
Feds leave laptops unencrypted
Senate panel faults agency IT efforts
GAO: Agencies uneven on Networx track
House passes several homeland security bills
Acquisition News
Williams GSA nomination blocked; options weighed
Management News
DHS keeps mum on cybersecurity contract work
Technology News
Study: IT research program deserves more resources
From the pages of GCN
VA secures veterans’ records, identities
DOD starts scientific search Web site
FCW FORUM
Editorial: Encouraging mediocrity
Letters: Read about P-R-I-V-A-C-Y and more issues that propelled readers to write to us on our Letters to the Editor blog.
Burns: The not so invisible hand
- Read the paper from Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy, “Government Data and the Invisible Hand.”
MANAGEMENT
Performance comes into focus
Armed with better metrics, agencies have an opportunity to improve under-performing programs.
ACQUISITION
A push for more competition
White House, Congress want to see less work done through sole-source contracts
POLICY
Sharing information – and fears
Information sharing environment has made progress, but its future is unclear.
TECHNOLOGY
Dial in the perfect smart phone
Experts explain the key usability features, services and security issues to consider when making a buy.
- Can agencies take the new iPhones seriously?
- See how sources rate two leading cell phone platforms on key workplace features.
POINTERS: RECOMMENDED READING
FCW points you in the direction of interesting blogs and Web sites that deal with all things information technology.
A complex IT generation gap
DHS blog dust-up
What not to worry about