Setting the Standard for FOIA Case Management: What to Expect From OIP’s New Business Standards Initiative
The Freedom of Information Act is a vital tool for government transparency. But skyrocketing requests call for a streamlined process.
Posts Tagged: DOJ
Survey Findings: The State of Cloud Adoption
Based on the survey data and research conducted by GovLoop, several trends emerged about how agencies view cloud and its alignment to customer experience.
This Platform Tightened DOJ’s Control Over Their Data
Box’s cloud-based platform for LEISP tightened DOJ’s control over the agency’s data access and governance, and enabled initimate partner collaborations.
Equal Pay Act Turns 50: Female Feds Fare Better Than Private Sector Counterparts
Is equal pay or gender-based wage bias a problem in your workplace? In case you missed it, June 10 marked the half-century anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, which prohibits gender-based wage discrimination in employment. One might think that pay equity for women would have been reached after 50 years. Alas, this goal remains fleeting.Read… Read more »
DARPA’s Robot Worm, DISA’s Host-Based Security System, and More
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency supported researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Seoul National University to create Meshworm, a crawling autonomous soft robot that could one day be used for reconnaissance. More here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation warns of theRead… Read more »
Time versus Money: Taxpayers Take a Bath Again
A recent disturbing story about facilities management by the General Services Administration (GSA) in Chattanooga is a perfect template for how poor (or little) acquisition planning, combined with inadequate market research, creates an environment where questionable acquisition strategy decisions are created. The result is a typical one, where sole-source contracts are created at prices thatRead… Read more »
Daily Dose: Justice Dept. Website Goes Down with Megaupload
After Megaupload was shut down this Thursday by Federal Authorities, anonymous hackers in turn attacked the Justice Department’s website. This is the second time in the past six months that a government website has been under significant attack. Initially officials claimed they were unaware of the attack, but by Thursday night it became clear thatRead… Read more »
What does a $16 dollar muffin taste like at the Department of Justice?
Sometimes stories write themselves. With the recent news that catering companies were premium pricing brunch fare such as $16 muffins and $7 hors d’oeuvres, I’m slightly concerned as a taxpayer that my funds were so poorly used. Good work by the OIG. Yet, as a lover of food, I’m more curious about what those muffinsRead… Read more »