Archive for the 'Federal News' Category
23, 25, 30, or you tell me?
The House is debating the percentage of federal contracts that should go to small business. Check out the full story at washingtontechnology.com.
Should it be up to each agency or should a percentage be set?
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USDA PM Training Program
Having someone with a PMI certification who doesn’t have the context of how it works in your organization — especially how it works around IT investments — doesn’t really buy you anything…
In the GCN.com article In-house training program takes managers beyond the basics, it sounds like the USDA is doing things right on changing the […]
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Proposed changes in small business Federal contracting
Washington Technology has two good articles regarding proposed contract reporting requirements for small businesses. Primarily, it will require small businesses to report on money spent to subcontractors for government contracts.
One article reviews how proposed changes will expose “trade secrets” of small businesses. This is true, however one of these dirty little secrets for […]
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Where did I put my keys?
Even the report from Washington Technology isn’t sure of itself that the DHS wants ‘keys to the Internet’, but it just doesn’t seem like a good idea to share this information with DHS. You don’t even need to get into the privacy aspects of the information; just think of the risk of managing such […]
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Ruling the Web site
From GCN: Who rules the site? Public affairs the CIO — or both?
Just more reading material. Interesting overview and analysis.
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Metrics for software assurance and how to set priorities
This article from GCN, Microsoft industry group wrestle with metrics for software assurance and how to set priorities, is primarily about handling security vulnerabilities (hence - assurance). But the same practice of putting weight to and prioritizing software changes is true throughout all development.
No software is ever perfect, and everyone wants changes. Some […]
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‘Tiger team’ to test foreign software
‘Tiger team’ to test foreign software
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