Needed: Formal Career Track for Managing Big Data

The government should create a formal career track for the employees who manage its increasingly large volumes of complex and variable data known as “Big Data,” according to a new industry report from the TechAmerica Foundation’s Big Data Commission. More »

VA Fills First Phase of Veterans Retraining Program

In press release September 20, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it has approved applications for all 45,000 slots available in fiscal year (FY) 2012 under the successful Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). More »

Agencies Fail to Take Advantage of Strategic Sourcing

Ryann K. Ellis

“Improved and Expanded Use Could Save Billions in Annual Procurement Costs,” a report released in September 2012 by the Government Accountability Office(GAO), finds that that selected agencies leveraged only a fraction of their buying power through strategic... More »

2012 Service to America Medals Awarded

Winners of the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals were awarded in September. The “Sammies,” as they are informally known, are considered among the most prestigious awards for U.S. civil servants. More »

Best of TPM Standardized Project Management

In “Workplace Learning to Improve IT Project Management,” Bill Damare describes how public sector organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense have formulated a blueprint for many private sector companies to follow in order to facilitate change for p... More »