People

OPM offers online hiring toolkit

The online resource provides guidance and advice for hiring and keeping talented employees.

Digital Government

Study: Contractors outnumber feds 4-to-1

Citing an NYU professor's study, a federal union president calls the rapid growth of contractor numbers a "shell game" for taxpayers, but a contractor group official disputes the conclusion.

People

Senior execs unhappy with performance pay

Sen. Voinovich urges a fair but speedy switch to exec pay based on performance.

People

GSA moves ahead on reorg

Now that Congress has passed the enabling legislation, the agency has made some changes to its reorganization plans.

People

Having multiple stakeholders means careful management

Gail Verley, assistant director of the FDIC's enterprise technology branch, gives 10 principles for managing projects.

People

Program management: All about the people

Although technology supports human interaction, it can't fully replace the personal dimension.

Cybersecurity

Program managers need to understand security, panel says

Agency security experts must keep program managers up to speed, but often much is lost in translation.

Modernization

Pandemic prospect complicates COOP

Even organizations that have developed continuity-of-operations plans should re-examine them in light of a possible disease outbreak, according to a panel of experts.

Modernization

Verizon to continue as USPS' managed network provider

The Postal Service awarded Verizon a two-year extension to its current contract, with options that could carry the deal into 2012.

People

Megan Quinn & Steve Ressler: Accidental organizers

Two federal employees who felt out of place in an unfamiliar government workplace started an after-hours social network called Young Government Leaders.

People

Ethics training for contractors could be a challenge

It makes sense to provide contractors with ethics training, but agencies may not have the resources to handle it, the Government Ethics Office tells the SARA panel.

Modernization

Input: Fed telecom market could hit $22B by 2011

The market research firm projects a compound annual growth rate of 5 percent in federal telecom spending, starting this year.

Cybersecurity

House passes data breach bill

Davis' legislation now goes to the Senate.

People

Senate panel questions pay-for-performance plans

Senators wanted more information in light of a new study suggesting widespread dissatisfaction with pay for performance.

Modernization

Businesses capitalize on IPv6 mandate

Vendors develop services to help agencies meet 2008 deadline for compliance.

Cybersecurity

Commerce loses more than 1,100 laptops

An internal review determined that 249 of the missing computers contained personally identifiable information.

Modernization

Verizon opens network center for feds

The center, located at the company's campus in Ashburn, Va., integrates security capabilites with network management.

Modernization

Command Information launches federal division

The company specializes in IPv6 training and development.

Acquisition

Industry faults Dem contracting bill

Lawmakers say the legislation is needed to curb contracting abuses

Modernization

Pennsylvania picks webMethods for network support

The company's Fabric suite will support and enhance the Pennsylvania Justice Network.