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Federal employees increasingly feel they are not appropriately rewarded or promoted, and many also believe development opportunities are fading, according to new data.

The Office of Management and Budget’s accountability reviews of IT investments have generally helped address at-risk IT projects, but the lack of documentation muddles the scope of the cost savings, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Representatives from the White House, Congress and federal government converged to give their thoughts on how to effectively address cybersecurity. The way the government and the public think about cybersecurity must change, and structural shifts must occur before any real progress can be made, the panelists agreed.

Sen. Tom Coburn came out swinging at today’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on reducing duplication and improving results in federal IT.

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One of the most pressing issues facing government, mobile technology use and the associated privacy and security concerns may have found resolution.

Federal and industry cybersecurity experts testified before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Tuesday, offering diverging opinions on what steps the government should take to ensure protection of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

The Commerce Department has dramatically changed its information technology structure over the past year, delegating more authority to its 12 bureaus to better manage their own IT portfolios and providing stronger oversight from the department’s headquarters.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology posted an initial analysis of the more than 200 comments submitted to the Request for Information on the cybersecurity framework developed under the cybersecurity executive order.

App developers are going to have their hands full this month – the Census Bureau, joining a host of other federal agencies and nonprofits, issued an application challenge to participants in the National Day of Civic Hacking.

Finding it near-impossible to make sense of the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics reports? There is now a simple dashboard that packages that information into an easily digestible format — without requiring users to have a background in statistics.

The Obama administration yesterday revealed its plan to launch competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes this year, and the contest begins immediately.

Tim Ruland, chief information security officer at the Census Bureau, joins the show to discuss what current cybersecurity projects the agency is currently working on and how it goes about protecting citizens’ data.

FedWire is FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Send your links and videos to tips@fedscoop.com.

Technological advancements have already changed the way work is done; the General Services Administration is now changing the where.

Another reason why a bill reaffirming the U.S., multistakeholder approach to Internet governance will remain government policy – it is free.

Roundup of the top 5 must-reads from the past week.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is about to host its second of four workshops with the private sector in creating the cybersecurity framework outlined in President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order.

NIST Senior Fellow Ron Ross joins FedScoop Radio’s Cyber Show to discuss the release of the latest version of Special Publication 800-53 as well as how his organization is able to keep pace with the emerging cyber threat landscape.

NIST updates Special Publication 800-53, the federal government’s guide to securing its networks.