'Back-Door' Base Closures
Biden Talks Loss With Fallen Troops' Families
Neely Out at GSA
More USPS Buyouts
Gimme My Discount! Deals for Feds
Buyout Watch: Who's Offering What
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Looking the Wrong Way
December 21, 2011 Agency inspectors general and auditors at the Government Accountability Office go to great lengths to promote efficiency in federal operations by detecting fraud, waste and mismanagement. Their findings are among the most power-ful catalysts for bringing about change for the good in government. But when they are wrong, that power ...
Looking the Wrong Way
December 1, 2011 When agency watchdogs miss the point, they stifle innovation, increase risk and perpetuate waste. Agency inspectors general and auditors at the Government Accountability Office go to great lengths to promote efficiency in federal operations by detecting fraud, waste and mismanagement. Their findings are among the most power-ful catalysts for bringing ...
Staying on Message
December 29, 2008
FROM NEXTGOV
The barrage of e-mail scams and phony claims in the office tests critical thinking skills. During the recent presidential campaign, Americans found themselves bombarded via the Internet with all sorts of "revelations" about the candidates. In democratizing access to the media, anyone can now set up a Web site or ...
Staying on Message
December 1, 2008 The barrage of e-mail scams and phony claims in the office tests critical thinking skills. During the recent presidential campaign, Americans found themselves bombarded via the Internet with all sorts of "revelations" about the candidates. In democratizing access to the media, anyone can now set up a Web site or ...
Always On
December 1, 2005 24/7 availability is not such a good idea for executives. Much has been written about the revolution that has made services available, both in the public and private sectors, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The Internet and sophisticated voice response systems are among the technologies that have ...
Seal of approval
August 12, 2003 Would you undergo serious surgery without checking the credentials of the surgeon? Of course not. Would you board an airplane without some assurance that skilled people maintain and fly that plane? Probably not. The same logic applies to the protection of important information at government agencies. A professional certificate doesn't ...
Information Security Takes Skill
August 1, 2003 The government's information security workforce is largely uncertified. ould you undergo serious surgery without checking the credentials of the surgeon? Of course not. Would you board an airplane without some assurance that skilled people maintain and fly that plane? Probably not. The same logic applies to the protection of important ...
Computer Security is No Quick Fix
May 1, 2001 mericans love metaphors, especially if they involve war or sports. They help us put new or particularly vexing problems into a familiar context. Thus we have the "War on Poverty" and the "War on Drugs" to describe major national commitments. Over the past year, one of the most abused metaphors ...
Walking the Transition Tightrope
September 1, 2000 freeder@govexec.com nyone who asserts that elections don't make a difference ought to watch what happens in the next six to nine months. As you read this, virtually every think tank and public interest group in Washington is looking to the upcoming presidential transition as an opportunity to advance its policy ...
The Privacy Act Needs an Overhaul
May 1, 2000 freeder@govexec.com ost in the flurry of the Y2K problem late last year was an important date-the 25th anniversary of the Privacy Act signed by President Ford in December 1974. Before the law took effect in September 1975, agencies scurried to comply with the first comprehensive statute controlling federal use of ...
