Obama is expected to announce access to free e-books for millions of children as part of his ConnectED initiative, which fosters high-speed broadband in schools.

State and city tech groups are creating new streams of tech talent across the U.S.

President Obama plans to nominate Joseph Jordan to be the next Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget. The nomination has been…

Kurt DelBene will lead and manage healthcare.gov. (Photo: Microsoft) There’s a new lead man running healthcare.gov. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,…

FedScoop’s afternoon roundup of news and notes from the federal IT community. Happy Tax Day! OK, so maybe a Not-So-Happy Tax Day as no one enjoys sending…

U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel and Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeff Zients issued a memo on Wednesday creating a second round of PortfolioStat…

The Office of Management and Budget named the finalists for the annual SAVE Award, which honors federal employees that have offered ideas of how to improve government…

The federal government reduced its contract spending by $20 billion in fiscal year 2012 from the previous year, the White House announced. Joseph Jordan, administrator of the…

The PortfolioStat review process will save the government $2.5 billion over the next three years through consolidating duplicative systems, buying in bulk and ending or streamlining off-track…

The federal government has saved $4 billion through the Campaign to Cut Waste so far, putting it on track to meet its goal of $8 billion by…