The General Service’s Administrations point-person for all things cloud computing said, like almost every new technology, the economics “are driving the transformation.” Speaking at the Cloud/Gov 2011 conference, Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia, deputy associate administrator at the General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, said the government’s recently released cloud-computing strategy “is a [...]

As the winter weather has turned federal workers into potential teleworkers today, the Office of Personnel Management is highlighting new numbers that show teleworking is increasing across the federal government and bringing higher job satisfaction with it. According to an OPM report on teleworking the agency submitted to Congress, the number of federal teleworkers increased [...]

When the Defense Department released its first-ever national security strategy for space last month, that was just the beginning of exploring the final frontier, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn said this week at a forum on space policy. “Space is no longer the private preserve of the U.S. and Soviet Union,” Lynn said at [...]

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen took the department’s 2012 budget to the House Armed Services Committee defending the $553 billion request as striking the right balance between preserving the strength of the military and downsizing the department’s costs. But, as has happened frequently this [...]

The Office of Personnel Management announced it has completed a governmentwide cybersecurity survey and the agency is now using those results to put together a picture of the perfect — or, at least, the most competent — federal cyber professional. “Cybersecurity is essential to protecting the American people,” said OPM Director John Berry. “The federal [...]

When the Defense Department’s top acquisition chief Ashton Carter dropped hints at a Wall Street speech last week that the Pentagon would frown on mergers and acquisitions between industry giants (although not necessarily between those of smaller companies) the D.C. area’s stable of government contractors were hungry for more information. And now, Carter, the department’s [...]

Mary Davie’s resume states she is the General Services Administration’s assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services. But, she could also be called a couples’ counselor, of sorts. One of the main bullet points to come out of the government’s plans for reforming IT management and acquisition was improving communication between federal procurement officials and the [...]

President Barack Obama is jetting off to San Francisco this evening to meet with some of the biggest names in the Silicon Valley tech world for an off-the-record, private meeting, The Washington Post reports. White House officials told The Post the Thursday meeting would center on the “innovation initiatives,” Obama offered up in his State [...]

As the National Institute for Standards and Technology finalizes plans for a national strategy for more secure online identity authentication, the leaders of the Commerce Department’s technology shop said the new cyber initiative will be led by the private sector. Speaking at the RSA Conference, an IT security forum, NIST Director Patrick Gallagher said “just [...]

New voices have entered the fray, calling for Congress to pass a 2011 spending bill instead of a continuing resolution, which would threaten to disrupt the Defense Department’s funding and result in a cut of $23 billion. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ashton Carter urged Congress to pass this fiscal year’s long-delayed [...]