The administration could soon issue an executive order requiring all federal agencies to release information to the public regarding their aerial surveillance activities using drones, The Washington Post reported Friday. Craig Whitlock reports that
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has completed the review of the progress seven federal agencies have made to implement cloud computing and found a 1Â percent overall increase in investments since 2012 at those
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Mark Forman, a former U.S. chief information officer, believes the next federal CIO should possess knowledge of both government policies and processes, FCW reported Thursday. “In government, so much emanates from the appropriations process,
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As first reported by National Public Radio, Attorney General Eric Holder plans to step down from his position after five-and-a-half years in the leadership role at the Justice Department. According to the report by
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Dr. Gregory Treverton, formerly director at RAND Corp.‘s global risk and security center, has been named chairman of the National Intelligence Council and adviser to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Treverton
MoreLetitia Long, outgoing director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, said the organization has been able to share unclassified geospatial information to support domestic and international missions, FCW reported Wednesday. “We do our
MoreDorothy Robyn, former commissioner of the General Services Administration‘s public buildings service, has proposed a fee-based model to encourage efficient use of the federal spectrum, FCW reported Tuesday. Adam Mazmanian writes Robyn
MoreTerry Halvorsen, acting Defense Department chief information officer, estimates that the agency could save as much as $20 billion by merging its database systems into a single infrastructure, DoD News reported Tuesday.
MoreSenators have gone into recess before the midterm elections without holding a full chamber vote on several of President Barack Obama’s high-level appointees, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Emily Kopp writes Carolyn
MoreThe Government Accountability Office has urged the the Defense and Homeland Security Departments and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to implement additional oversight of their personnel security revocation process. GAO said
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