People
Hurry up and wait
Government is always trying to play catch-up with technology. And Apps.gov's foray into cloud computing is no different.
Acquisition
Maximum benefit
The idea that the operations of government should be driven by the same motive as private enterprise is fallacious on the face of it, but that’s not to say that government agencies should not run more efficiently.
Modernization
Monumental task
The second half of the National Archives and Records Administration's name suggests an even bigger challenge than keeping aging official parchments from rotting away into oblivion.
Modernization
Friend of Barack
Michael Robertson is taking his skills - and his political connections - to GSA, where he was recently installed in three key positions: Associate director of governmentwide policy, chief acquisition officer and White House liaison.
Digital Government
The ties that bind
The 2009 Rising Stars share certain characteristics: initiative, creativity, entrepreneurial drive and, of course, unlimited imagination.
People
How NHIN will change health care communications
If the retail catalog industry has kept the U.S. Postal Service on life support during the past decade or so, then doctors, hospitals and pharmacies certainly must be given credit for sustaining the dying — but not yet dead — prospects of landline phone companies.
People
Passing the baton
Why, six months into his presidency, has Obama still not named anyone to fill the administrator’s position at the Office of Federal Procurement Policy?
Modernization
Info science revisited
Welcome to the world of the “Semantic Web.” It’s a generational leap from everything we know so far about how to leverage the power of the Web, though it’s not such a stretch from the old reference-desk paradigm.
People
One hand clapping
As the curtain comes down on the Open Government Initiative's opening night, we figured it was time to hear from the critics. The reviews are decidedly mixed.
Acquisition
It takes a village
As editors of a publication that reaches tens of thousands of executives and professionals in and around government, we know the importance of listening to all points of view, even — or especially — when one of those viewpoints is that we’ve got a story all wrong.
People
Editor's Desk: All in moderation
What do you think? I mean, really. We’d like to know what’s on your mind, writes FCW Editor-in-Chief David Rapp.
People
In-house expertise
Veteran journalist John Stein Monroe is taking on a new role at FCW as the social-media evangelist.
People
The first adopter
If nothing else, Barack Obama might well go down in history as the nation’s first information technology president. That’s the one thing we can say about his still-young administration.
People
Virtual double take
Our cover story on virtual training applications like Second Life may cause some readers to scratch their heads and say, “Wha…?”
People
The writing on the wall
The nine most terrifying words in the English language, Ronald Reagan always liked to say, are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” I think we can now get that down to seven: “[Agency acronym here] would like to be your friend.”
People
Agencies should not fear being early adopters
The early adopters among us can be a pain in the neck sometimes, if only because what is so obvious to them remains so alien to us.
Acquisition
Editor's desk
I suppose we should now add assisted acquisition services to Willie’s paradigm — in particular, those two centers in the federal government that offer a full line of contract management assistance to overworked and overextended procurement offices.
Almost There!
Help us tailor content specifically for you: