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A Different Approach: Doing More (Work) With More (Talent)

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Recognizing the importance of small businesses to the government IT community, ACT-IAC sponsored the 6th annual Small Business Conference called ConnectSB: Accelerate and Achive earlier this week. The event focused on the unique needs and benefits of small businesses and also tried to promote the value of small businesses to the government and large corporations seeking small business partners.


A frequent theme of government conferences like these is innovation, which has come to mean doing more (work) with less (federal employees).

But I decided what this conference should actually be called is “doing more (work) with more (talent).”

The idea for the suggestion came during the federal agency workshops part of the conference where attendees got to hear from three of nine leading agencies. I elected to listen to the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security – ICE , and Department of Veterans Affairs. During those sessions individuals from the CIO office, the program office, the acquisition office and the small business office, provided a panel that presented their experience and then answered questions.

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 /  Published May 9, 2012 at 4:49 PM

2012 Service To America Medal Nominees Announced

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The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service today announced the 33 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalists – outstanding federal employees whose important, behind-the-scenes work is advancing the health, safety and well-being of Americans.

The finalists (see the full list below) will be honored in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday as part of Public Service Recognition Week. The Service to America Medals have earned a reputation as the most prestigious awards dedicated to honoring America’s civil servants. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2012 at 4:18 PM
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Innovation At NIH: It’s In Their DNA

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NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD.

This is the first in a series of articles examining how NIH, among other government agencies, is infusing innovation into the federal workplace. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 7, 2012 at 8:31 AM

Mobile Tech Joins List Of Top Federal CIO Concerns

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Mobile technology has joined cybersecurity, controlling costs, human capital and central agency policy on the list of top concerns that keep federal chief information officers awake at night, according to a newly-released survey of federal chief information officers released today by the trade group TechAmerica.

Based on in-depth interviews with more than 40 federal CIOs and their deputies, the latest annual survey finds that cybersecurity ranks as the Number 1 concern for CIOs this year, even as budget constraints now dictate how CIOs are moving forward to meet agency IT demands. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 3, 2012 at 1:57 PM

Navigating Small Business Contracting Corridors

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Navigating the complex federal contracting road that small businesses travel when pursuing business with the federal government can be daunting. The key to successfully partnering with the federal government is through the mutual sharing of information between government and industry and by understanding how the government procures its goods and services.

The challenge for small business is the education required to follow the right road that will lead a small business to accelerate and achieve success. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 2, 2012 at 11:00 AM

RAMPing Up A Security Mindset

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Our organization, (ISC)² recently participated in the IT Acquisition Advisory Council’s 40th IT-AAC Leadership Roundtable, where high-level cloud stakeholders came together to discuss cloud security, FedRAMP and beyond.

Although I was unable to engage live in the roundtable discussion, I do have some thoughts for government officials to consider as they address the many complexities of securing an initiative that holds more promise for the federal government than any other IT innovation in decades — the cloud. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 30, 2012 at 11:48 AM

First Woman Tapped To Lead Spy Satellite Agency

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For the first time in its storied history, the secretive builder and operator of America’s spy satellites, the National Reconnaissance Office, will be run by a woman.

In the best Washington tradition, the news went out just before 5 p.m on a Friday when the NRO’s director in waiting, Betty Sapp, sent an email to her colleagues. Sapp, currently principal deputy director at the spysat agency, will move up one slot and replace NRO Director Bruce Carlson, who many credit with turning around the agency’s problem-plagued acquisition system. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 23, 2012 at 3:31 PM

Space Shuttle Discovery Landing In Virginia

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The Space Shuttle Discovery is arriving at its new home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia this morning after a flyover in Washington, DC.

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Discovery is the longest-serving orbiter, having flown 39 times from 1984 through 2011 – more missions than any of its sister ships – spending altogether 365 days in space. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 17, 2012 at 10:28 AM

Another GSA Official On Leave In Wake Of Spending Scandal

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Another in a string of top officials at the General Services Administration was placed on administrative leave Monday, four days after a video that features him joking about the lavish spending at a Las Vegas conference became public.

David Foley, deputy commissioner of the agency’s Public Buildings Service, was placed on leave pending disciplinary review for his conduct at the Western Regions Conference in 2010, the Washington Post reported. Foley appears prominently in the six-minute video clip (pictured right in screen shot above) released last week, which won top prize in a talent contest among employees who attended the four-day event in October 2010. Foley rewarded the employee who stars in the video, 28-year-old Hank Terlaje (pictured left in screen shot above). Terlaje raps in sunglasses about the government tab – $823,000 – to entertain 300 employees at the luxury M Resort Spa Casino. He brags that he will “never be under investigation” for the excess. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 10, 2012 at 11:41 AM
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