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Contents
GOVERNMENT
TRENDING
3 POLICY
Senators press OMB for A-130 update
FCW CALENDAR
Where you need to be next
8 INDUSTRY
Vendors object to Halvorsen’s Windows
10 support. GSA unifies tech groups into ‘third service.’
9 WORKFORCE
DHS preps for a new wave of IT hiring, Gonzalez steps into the EPA CTO role, and FCW calls for Rising Star nominations
10 PROCUREMENT
HPC boosters back the FITARA exemption
for national labs, and DARPA seeks tech for cyberattack attribution
DEPARTMENTS
11 COMMENTARY
Let’s put the ‘funded’ back in FFRDC
BY GREG O’CONNELL
31 EXEC TECH
Understanding the encryption options BY MARIA KOROLOV
33 FCW INDEX
34 BACK STORY
A web of FedRAMP collaboration
It’s much more than an acquisition show. This special section explores all that’s available for government, military and contractor professionals.
CUSTOM CONTENT, S21-S30
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12 CLOUD
What really goes on inside
the FedRAMP office
One tiny team is at the center of the federal government’s push for cloud computing — and all the loud, complicated competing interests that go along with it
BY ZACH NOBLE 16 AGILE
Government gone agile
Agile techniques can improve program management and outcomes — and enhance agency success
BY DAN CHENOK AND JOIWIND RONEN
Managing agile after the contract award
Frequent performance evaluations can dramatically improve outcomes without burying an agency in FAR bureaucracy
BY STEVE KELMAN
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