The Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Julius Genachowski, mentioned that the agency is considering ways to offer free WIFI or discounted Internet service.
The agency did not mention how the services would be paid for, but they did suggest a public funding for “Digital Literacy Corps.” This would be a program designed to teach computer-illiterate individuals how [...]

General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service commissioner Jim Williams has opted to retire.  On April 3, he will step down from his position, he said in a message, with confirmation coming from the GSA shortly after.
“I feel like I have been incredibly blessed and fortunate to have been able to serve our great nation for [...]

General Services Administration has promoted Rodney Lantier to acting deputy chief acquisition officer. He replaces David Drabkin, who retired from the agency and joined Northrop Grumman Corp. as director of acquisition policy. Lantier will serve as acting deputy while GSA searches for a permanent deputy CAO.
Lantier’s career at GSA’s Public Buildings Service spans over three [...]

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s announcement of a new rule to boost opportunities for Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) turned heads, and now new details about the specifics of the initiative are coming to light.
In order to be eligible for the five percent of contracting dollars available, a particular firm must be at least 51 [...]

The U.S. Small Business Administration proposed a new rule that would expand federal contracting opportunities for the women-owned small businesses. The goal is to provide women-owned small businesses more opportunities to get federal contracts.
In the SBA press release announcing the new rule, SBA Administrator Karen Mills said, “Women-owned small businesses are one of the fastest-growing [...]

The Office of Personnel Management is planning on increasing the number of federal government employees it polls this year. In fact, the agency plans to survey 100,000 more federal government employees than it did in 2008.
The survey, which used to be the “Federal Human Capital Survey,” is now called the “Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.” Many [...]

It has been nearly two years since GSA has had an administrator in place. The long awaited confirmation of Martha Johnson as GSA Administrator occurred on February 4th. She was sworn into office last week on February 16th.
During her speech Johnson made some vows to the agency. According to Washington Technology, she said, “As I’ve [...]

According to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, more than 12% of reports of Recovery Act spending required corrections. The RAT Board also stated that of the 160,000 reports, there were about 19,000 that had mistakes.
These errors occur because the reporting process is rather complicated. It involved more than 90 different elements and many times [...]

There are new demands for internationally oriented executives. A recent GovernmentExecutive report stated, “There is a scarcity of leaders and staff well-versed and experienced in the global environment at many traditionally domestic-oriented agencies.”
There is a mind frame that domestic and foreign affairs are separate, when in fact, there is a need for more international responsibility [...]

Today Aneesh Chopra, Federal CTO, along with Senator Mark Warner, Senator Jim Webb, and Representative Tom Perriello made a milestone Recovery Act Announcement for Virginia – $21.5 million is being poured into expanding broadband access in Virginia.
The goal of this Commerce Department decision is to improve economic development in parts of rural Virginia. It will [...]