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Staring Over Financial Cliff: Preparing For IT Budget Cuts Across The Board
With sequestration looming, and 2013 federal IT spending requests having have dropped $1 billion over fiscal year 2012 levels, contracting dollars especially for IT are expected to come under intense...
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The Next Big Issue Federal IT Officials Will Need To Tackle
Procurement is emerging as one of the most significant issues facing federal information technology leaders as the Obama administration begins its second term, a top ranking government IT official said...
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Cyber Order Puts DHS In Charge Of Oversight, Sets Deadlines
The Obama administration is getting ready to change the way the government handles cybersecurity. The White House has drafted an executive order, a draft of which is currently circulating among...
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Giving Thanks For Mobility
It’s easy to take all the comforts of our modern lives for granted. Cars are basically parking themselves these days, and Wi-Fi on airplanes allows us to watch our favorite shows as we zip across the...
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Report Faults Government’s Duplication In Spending For Geospatial Data
While the Obama administration and the federal government have worked to set up ways to share geospatial data between agencies, a new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that lack of...
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OPM Survey Reveals Motivated Workforce, Dip In Morale
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has released results of the 2012 Employee Viewpoint Survey, deemed the largest administered since first launched a decade ago. Results indicate the federal...
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Congressmen Tie Federal IT Reforms To Economy
Reps. Darrell Issa and Gerry Connolly say federal IT mismanagement has not only cost taxpayers billions, but has a dire effect on the economy. The two congressmen with a history of butting heads agree...
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Four Federal Workers Face Off In Taxpayer Savings Contest
While President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner continue to push ahead with negotiations over federal revenues and spending, federal workers have also been offering up ideas to curb...
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Hitting The Reset Button In Federal IT
For the fourth straight year, federal IT spending was about even with the prior year’s budget – and it seems very clear that trend will come to an abrupt halt in 2013. The Professional Services Council...
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Rethinking The Debt Ceiling: Fund Deficits, Not Accumulated Debt
Looking beyond the current debt crisis, the Obama Administration (and future presidents for that matter) should expect continued stiff resistance from the Congress whenever the ceiling needs to be...
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