Features
Sunny Outlook
Cloud vendors and feds are forecasting mostly clear skies for a fast-track security certification process.
Tech
Video: Navy installing its largest solar film
Project on the commissary roof at a base in Japan may save $300,000.
Oversight
Video: Clinton praises State workers in budget testimony
State Department request is for $51.6 billion.
Tech
Medicare anti-fraud software disappoints senators
HHS stands by the predictive computer program.
Pay & Benefits
Labor auditors concerned about TSP computer security
Officials pledge to continue working on protecting the retirement plan’s electronic records.
Defense
Pentagon defends $1 trillion fighter jet fleet
Defense still looking to cut costs of F-35 program.
Management
Obama regulatory affairs chief wins plaudits for upgraded website
Revised Regulations.gov is welcomed by both sides in debate on regulation.
Tech
Gingrich launches 30-minute energy spot in Super Tuesday states
Presidential contender wants to allow energy development on federal property.
Management
Video: Clinton addresses global business conference
Secretary of State touts 'jobs diplomacy.'
Tech
Budget reflects scaled-back vision for clean energy
Plan would take the Energy Department’s renewables spending up to $2.3 billion.
Defense
White House budget to expand clean energy programs through Pentagon
Putting the increases in the Defense budget makes them a less likely target for Republican lawmakers.
Tech
U.S. approves first new nuclear reactors in decades
Atlanta-based Southern Company gets green light to begin construction of two new reactors at its Vogtle plant in Georgia.
Management
Analysis: Government's Moneyball Moment
With data and analytics, agencies can put together winning programs on a shoestring.
Tech
Obama shoots marshmallow through State Dining Room at science fair
President uses boy's compressor to launch the projectile at science fair.
Tech
NIH to get more Alzheimer's funding
Some 5 million Americans likely have the disease now and that figure could double by 2050.
Tech
Telework Failures
Agencies having difficulty establishing telework policies and quantifying savings should look to success stories such as USDA, GSA and the Patent and Trade Office.
Oversight
Senator steps up scrutiny of FDA over whistleblower treatment
Grassley opens investigation into surveillance of emails, including correspondence with his office.
Management
