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Thirty-two years ago, the Virginia transportation department drove dozens of steel pilings 50 feet into the ground near the West Falls Church Metro station. Encased in concrete, the pilings formed foundations that one day could hold up a bridge carrying Metro trains across Interstate 66 to Dulles...
In greater detail than he has before, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry outlined his thinking on remaking the federal personnel system during a speech this week.
Government IT Headlines
China proves to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace (Post, November 11, 2009)
Northrop to sell $1.65 bln unit to private equity (Reuters, November 8, 2009; 9:02 PM)
Soldiers' Data Still Being Downloaded Overseas, Firm Says: Sensitive Information Found by Using 'Peer to Peer' File-Sharing Software (Post, October 2, 2009)
Federal Diary: Workers Face Big Hike in Health-Care Costs (Post, September 30, 2009)
SAIC to Move Headquarters to Tysons in Another Coup for Area (Post, September 25, 2009)
Court Rejects Suit Against CACI Over Abu Ghraib Torture: Contractor Granted Wartime Immunity (Post, September 12, 2009)
HIGHER EDUCATION: Howard, Virginia Tech Join Program Preparing Students for U.S. Intelligence Jobs (Post, September 7, 2009)
House Panel Begins Broader Review of Procurement System (Post, August 26, 2009)
Obama Web-Tracking Proposal Raises Privacy Concerns (Post, August 11, 2009)
Science and Tech Firms Find Like Minds in Ballston: Like-Minded Businesses Give Area Specific Brand (Post, August 9, 2009)
A $191 Million Question: How a relationship between an Army official and a private contractor led to allegations of collusion and impropriety (Post, August 7, 2009)
BearingPoint Nears End of Difficult Run: Workers Win Right to Vacation Pay (Post, July 25, 2009)
Federal Diary: Government Lags on Cybersecurity, Report Finds (By Joe Davidson, July 23, 2009)
As Communications Media Grow, FCC's New Chief Envisions an Updated Agency: Agency's New Chief Is a Product of the Information Age (Post, July 20, 2009)
Florida Project Under Investigation Is Linked to Rep. Murtha: Lawmaker Arranged Earmark for It (Post, July 15, 2009)
As Technology Needs Grow, One Sector Has No Shortage of Jobs (By Kim Hart, July 13, 2009)
SAIC Case Sheds Needed Light on World of Government Contracting (By Steven Pearlstein, July 10, 2009)
DHS Cybersecurity Plan Will Involve NSA, Telecoms: DHS Officials Debating The Privacy Implications (Post, July 3, 2009)
U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suit Alleging SAIC Rigged Contract (Post, July 3, 2009)
BAE's U.S. Chief Quits to Take Over at SAIC (Post, June 23, 2009)
Congress to Consider Flurry of Bills Aimed at Federal Workforce (Post, June 2, 2009)
Defense Department Joins Forces With Industry Against Cybercrime (Post, May 25, 2009)
Murtha's Nephew Got Defense Contracts: Millions in Work Came Without Competition (Post, May 5, 2009)
OPM Chief Thinks Telecommuting Has a Nice Ring to It (By Joe Davidson, April 30, 2009)
Flu Crisis Underscores Need For Updated Telework Policies (By Joe Davidson, April 29, 2009)
Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out: Jobs Would Return to Pentagon (Post, April 7, 2009)
Report Says Interior Dept. Failed to Secure Network (Post, April 5, 2009)
Tech Firms Seek to Get Agencies on Board With Cloud Computing (Post, March 31, 2009)
2nd Employee Is Charged in Bribery Scheme: Mayor Orders Audit of Agency and Restricts Its Authority to Issue Contracts (Post, March 20, 2009)
Research Center's Role Faces Scrutiny: Advice From Murtha Allies Guided Funding Requests, Documents Show (Post, March 17, 2009)
Kim Hart's The Download (Post, February 16, 2009)
Driving Up the Cost For Public Works: Party Tabs, Car Leases, Golf Shirts Piled On To Bills for Highway Projects, Audit Shows (Post, February 14, 2009)
Networkers Are on a Roll (Post, January 26, 2009)
D.C.'s Kinetic Tech Czar: Mixing a Start-Up Mentality With a Whirlwind Approach (Post, January 5, 2009)
Contractors Bidding Davis a Fond Farewell (Post, November 10, 2008)
Agencies Counted Big Firms As Small: SBA Says It Will Correct Data on Federal Contracts (Post, October 22, 2008)
Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch: Senator's Wife Did Not Receive Favors, Campaign Says (Post, October 16, 2008)
Balancing Defense and the Budget: After Eight Boom Years for Spending on Military Equipment, Contractors Expect a Slowdown (Post, October 13, 2008)
Google Goes to Washington, Gearing Up to Put Its Stamp on Government (Post, September 29, 2008)
SmarTrip Upgrades Pushed To 2010: Metro Audit Finds Agency Failings (Post, September 22, 2008)
Even Spies Go to Trade Conferences (Post, September 13, 2008)
Controversy Snarls Upgrade Of Terrorist Data Repository (Post, September 3, 2008)
Businesses Find Room To Grow In County: Tech Companies Lured By Workforce, Schools (Post, August 24, 2008)
Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked: Data From Checkpoints To Be Kept for 15 Years (Post, August 20, 2008)
Potential for Conflict Grows With Government's Use of Contractors (Post, August 18, 2008)
Modest Gains Against Ever-Present Bioterrorism Threat: An Attack Could Be Hard to Predict With Current Tools (Post, August 3, 2008)
Teleworkers Say It's A Gas-Gas-Gas Saver (Post, July 27, 2008)
Two Tech Towns, One Big Party -- but Who Knows How Much Talking (Post, July 21, 2008)
Post-9/11 Dragnet Turns Up Surprises: Biometrics Link Foreign Detainees To Arrests in U.S. (Post, July 6, 2008)
Verizon to Press Contractors On Immigrant Workers' Pay (Post, June 24, 2008)
Rent-A-Spy: Three quarters of the U.S. intelligence budget now goes to outside contractors. (Post, June 1, 2008)
Payments To Firm Deemed Improper: Auditor Criticizes Over $2 Million In Consultant Fees (Post, May 22, 2008)
Connolly's Job With Contractor Complicates Race: Antiwar Democrat Running for Congress (Post, May 16, 2008)
The Survivors: This isn't the first downturn faced by the handful of long-serving local chief executives. (Post, May 12, 2008)
Security of F-35 Jet Secrets Questioned: 'Incomplete' Oversight May Have Allowed Leaks, Report Says (Post, May 2, 2008)
Election E-Mails Can End Your Term in the Office (By Stephen Barr, April 21, 2008)
Federal Credit Cards Misused: GAO Cites Charging Of Frivolous Items (Post, April 9, 2008)
Weapons Upgrade Faces Big Hurdles: Problems With Wireless Technology May Threaten Army's Ambitious Plan (Post, April 8, 2008)
Report Faults Pentagon's Reliance on Contractors (Post, March 27, 2008)
Obituaries: Don W. Butler, 91; Engineer Was a POW in World War II (Post, March 12, 2008)
Anti-Terrorism Efforts Hailed: Chertoff Says Security Improvements Thwart Extremists (Post, March 7, 2008)
THE 5-YEAR MARK: DHS Strains As Goals, Mandates Go Unmet (Post, March 6, 2008)
Muscular Defense Plan Buoys Contractors: Proposed Budget Would Benefit Area Companies (Post, February 11, 2008)
Airport Security Technology Stuck In the Pipeline: Development, Deployment Move Slowly (Post, February 8, 2008)
Agencies Get Good Marks on Bush's Performance Scorecard (By Stephen Barr, February 4, 2008)
Tech Virtuoso Hopes To Replicate Success: RSIS Co-Founder Starts Over With Amyx (Post, January 28, 2008)
Agencies Share Information By Taking a Page From Wikipedia (By Stephen Barr, January 28, 2008)
LOCAL CONTRACT: Firms Untangle Federal Wireless Bills (Post, January 28, 2008)
OMB, GAO to Go Digital on Key Reports (By Stephen Barr, January 24, 2008)
DHS to Replace 'Duplicative' Anti-Terrorism Data Network: $90 Million System Aimed to Aid State, Local Agencies (Post, January 18, 2008)
Local Contract: Stanley Wins Fight for Eligibility (Post, January 14, 2008)
Local Contract: PMC to Do Tech Work for U.S. Customs (Post, January 7, 2008)
Contracting | Shifting From Tanks to Technology (Post, December 31, 2007)
Web Leaders Seek More Searchable Government (Post, December 11, 2007)
Top Minority Contracting Company To Be Sold: After Sales Plateau, RSIS Sized Up Suitors (Post, December 10, 2007)
The Army's $200 Billion Makeover: March to Modernize Proves Ambitious and Controversial (Post, December 7, 2007)
U.S. Special Counsel Says He Won't Provide Files: Official Calls Personal Records Not Relevant to OPM Probe (Post, November 30, 2007)
Clearing the Roadblocks to Telecommuting (By Stephen Barr, November 6, 2007)
A Contractor, Charity And Magnet for Federal Earmarks (Post, November 2, 2007)
To Ease Traffic, Change Federal Workers' Hours (Post, October 25, 2007)
NASA Sits on Air Safety Survey (AP, October 22, 2007; 6:27 PM)
Lobby Group's 'No Dough' Strategy Stops at Executives' Doors (By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, October 16, 2007)
Area Jobless Rate Is Lowest in U.S.: Employers Face Tightening Labor Market (Post, October 4, 2007)
CACI to Expand High-Security Force: Purchase of Athena Innovative Adds Many Top-Secret Workers (Post, September 25, 2007)
Contractor Blamed in DHS Data Breaches (Post, September 24, 2007)
Bringing Generation Y Into the Fold (By Stephen Barr, September 24, 2007)
After Pushing Telework, GSA Tries to Lead Way (By Stephen Barr, September 13, 2007)
Traveler Assessments Little Altered (AP, September 9, 2007; 5:50 PM)
Mid-Tier Contractors Getting Left Out: As Federal Contracts Grow, Medium-Size Firms Can't Keep Up (Post, September 3, 2007)
Calling for a Larger Stay-at-Home Workforce (By Stephen Barr, August 8, 2007)
Minn. Fast-Tracks Bridge Replacement (AP, August 7, 2007; 1:05 AM)
Future in Doubt for EEOC's Private Call Center (By Stephen Barr, August 2, 2007)
Alliant IT Contract Spans Big Names (Post, August 1, 2007)
Defense Earnings Continue To Soar: War, Technology Drive Up Spending (Post, July 30, 2007)
Military Medical Breach Revealed: Unencrypted Data Sent Via Internet (Post, July 21, 2007)
Working From Home a Work in Progress (By Stephen Barr, June 19, 2007)
FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data (Post, June 14, 2007)
FEDERAL CONTRACTING: Navy Picks 391 Firms for Seaport Work (Post, June 11, 2007)
Tysons Tunnel Buried, Again: Legal, Engineering Reasons Are Cited (Post, June 1, 2007)
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