After 20 years in the government contracting media business, I sense personally how much the industry mourns the passing of the true GovCon titan in Jack London of CACI. The ever vigilant Jack
It has been announced that Peter Orszag will be stepping down from his position as White House budget director within the coming months. He will become the first high-profile member of the
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As we reported last week, Navy CIO Robert Carey is expected to leave his current position by the end of the summer, departing as the Navy’s Next Generation Enterprise Network kicks into
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In a publication issued June 4th, DoD’s Standards of Conduct Office (SOCO) reminded all DoD employees that its policy guidelines prohibit them from serving on the boards of non-federal entities (NFEs) that
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Last month, we brought you the top iPhone apps for government, but since they’re mostly worthless if you can’t use them on the job, we took a look at federal smartphone policy
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The White House recently released the Obama Administration’s comprehensive National Security Strategy online. Â As a sweeping articulation of the administration’s goals in domestic and international policy, the strategy is short on specifics
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The success of programs like Apps for Democracy, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra’s contest to develop iPhone Apps for the city of Washington, DC, has proven the usefulness of smart phone apps and crowd-sourcing.  Currently,
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Currently, the United States suffers from an impending shortfall in acquisitions personnel, a major focus area for “inherently governmental” work. “In fiscal year 2000, there were 56,000 federal employees to manage $208
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Last week, President Obama signed an executive order requiring Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra to create a website to track agency progress in meeting goals for small business
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Last week, DoD and Congress each moved forward with acquisition reform measures: DoD proposed changes to DFARS to comply with OCI-prevention language in section 207 of the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act
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Just over a year ago, Robert Gates announced a plan to add 20,000 employees to the defense acquisition workforce by 2015: 11,000 jobs converted from contractor-held positions and 9,000 new jobs. He
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