Fed 100: Honors well deserved

The Federal 100 awards gala is tonight, and the occasion is a great opportunity to pause and reflect on the value of federal employees.

Former Sun, Robbins-Gioia exec on witnessing three tech revolutions

A longtime industry executive shares his view on technology and the value of content in the government market.

Could Google's CEO take over at Commerce?

Google CEO Eric Schmidt is rumored to be on the short list for commerce secretary.

Former DynCorp exec Dan Bannister dies

Dan Bannister leaves a legacy of business success and community service. His funeral will be held March 18.

NTIA's Daniel Weitzner expected to be named US Deputy CTO for Internet policy

The White House is expected to announce the appointment of Commerce Department official Daniel Weitzner as the deputy CTO for Internet policy.

Industry official: If the baby is ugly, say so

TechAmerica's Trey Hodgkins says that the responsibility for a healthy relationship between the government and industry doesn't just rest with the feds.

Jenkins to be FAI director

Federal Acquisition Institute's acting director gets full-time position.

Drones as do-it-yourself project?

Dawn Meyerriecks says DIY drones aren't out of the question.

Egyptian unrest brings vacation to a halt for industry player

Fern Krauss and her husband went to Egypt to see the pyramids, instead they had to flee as the country's unrest worsened.

Retired Army Reserve general joins IT firm

Major General Diamond brings training and experience in total quality management and process improvement to Asynchrony Solutions.

Accenture names former Lockheed, ITT exec as federal lead

Kay Kapoor takes over as as leader of Accenture's federal practice.

ASI taps Army official as president

Kymm McCabe takes on new role as president of ASI Government. Former president Anne Reed will continue as CEO.

OPM's security clearance reformer retires

Kathy Dillaman, the Office of Personnel Management official in charge of reforming the security clearance process, retired Monday after 35 years of government service, Federal Times reports.

January's top news

We roundup the top news and trends from the month of January.

Pragmatics founder Nguyen shares his winning formula

Long Nguyen, a 2010 executive of the year, talks about how he built Pragmatics into a successful business.

Mark Forman to leave KPMG

Mark Forman is leaving KPMG. His last day with KPMG is January 31. Forman was OMB administrator for e-government and IT during part of the Bush adminstration.

NYC gets its first Chief Digital Officer

Social media entrepreneur Rachel Sterne has been named to the new position to coordinate social media and digital media for the city's 83 agencies.

Former GSA assistant commissioner rejoins former company

Ed O'Hare rejoins Dynanet Corp. with a goal of helping the company's transition out of the 8(a) small business program.

The HUDdle: HUD's new Wordpress blog

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has rebranded its blog. Starting Tuesday it is now known as The HUDdle and is operating off of Wordpress open-source blogging software.

NASA names new deputy chief technologist

NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun has announced the appointment of Michael J. Gazarik as the agency's deputy chief technologist.