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Mark Forman, considered the first federal chief information officer, becomes the global head of Unisys Public Sector.

“Bring your own device,” or BYOD, has been a buzzword for agencies trying to keep up with the 21st century and save costs. But the “bring your own” concept is just the beginning, according to Energy Department CIO Robert Brese. “I am almost certain we will see the advent of ‘bring your own app’ and […]

The Facebook page for VA’s Make the Connection program. In 2012, the Veterans Affairs Department spent $2 million on Facebook advertising. This year, VA officials expect to spend $1 million on Facebook advertising for VA’s Make the Connection program, according to its Project Manager Koby South. The $3 million combined spend is funding the Make […]

Calvin Scovel, III, Transportation Department inspector general (left), and Michael Huerta, administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration, testify July 16 before the House Subcommittee on Aviation. (Photo: Colby Hochmuth) Concerns were raised with the Federal Aviation Administration’s long-standing initiative to update the country’s air traffic control system Wednesday morning when Calvin Scovel, III, inspector general […]

TechTake explores the bigger issues and trends in the federal IT community, and twice-monthly features a “Women in Technology” segment. https://fedscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2013_07_techtake2.mp3 This week’s podcast features an interview with Todd Khozein of the Collaborative Innovation Lab at SecondMuse, who discusses the upcoming “Champions of Change” event at the White House. Khozein also talks about civic hacking — […]

Data.gov is going through some major changes — meet Next.Data.Gov. It has been a busy week so far for the White House — and it’s only Tuesday. Yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget announced its renewed push to combat cybertheft, and Tuesday, the Office of Science and Technology Policy announced the launch of its […]

The White House announced today its support of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other advertising agencies committing to a number of best practices intended to combat online piracy and counterfeiting. The eight companies agreed to reduce their ad spending with companies and sites engaged in piracy and counterfeiting. The Interactive Advertising Bureau partnered with the companies […]

Federal leadership is on the decline, and it’s the first time in nearly a decade it’s happened, according to new analysis. The new research, which examines the annual “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Analysis” released in April by the Partnership for Public Service, revealed federal employees’ satisfaction with their leadership dropped for the first […]

The General Services Administration has been hosting online auctions for years, but it announced today the launch of a government reverse auction platform. The site, reverseauctions.gsa.gov, will be available through the National Information Technology Commodity Program of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service. This service is expected to produce considerable savings for federal agencies. In the past, GSA’s […]

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