The Defense Department is welcoming its civilian employees and private-sector IT professionals to join its Information Technology Exchange Program, which provides defense IT programs and initiatives as well as many other opportunities. This is all in an effort for DoD to share best practices and help private-sector employees gain  better understanding of IT practices. The [...]

In a letter to the Department of Defense on his first day as the new defense secretary, former CIA Director Leon Panetta assured the president, U.S. troops and the department’s civilian employees that he would lead the DoD’s mission to protect U.S. citizens and the country’s interests around the world. “As secretary of defense, I [...]

Photo: Sergej Khackimullin The Office of Management and Budget has given the OK for dozens of projects to resume after freezing work on them in June 2010. About 30 financial systems programs at multiple agencies saw their projects re-evaluated, downsized or canceled. At a recent Financial Modernization Industry event, Controller for OMBs Office of Federal [...]

The General Services Administration is about to debut FedRAMP, a cybersecurity standard meant for government agencies to help provide risk assessments and cybersecurity evaluations. FedRAMP would also provide agencies with low-to-moderate impact cloud services. At a recent AFCEA Bethesda event in Washington, D.C., Director of the Portfolio Management division at GSA Bill Lewis said agencies [...]