Justice's decision to join the False Claims Act lawsuit against Oracle is another signal that vendors are facing more oversight.

Jeffrey Zients has been chosen to serve as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget until a new director is confirmed.

GAO found significant success in obtaining passports using fraudulent documents in the second investigation in two years.

Grande Lum will lead a program that has been plagued by fraud and abuse. GAO successfully received HUBZone certifications for three bogus firms in sting operation.

A federal judge on Wednesday barred the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law
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When does a public employee have a reasonable expectation of privacy in communications sent using an agency's equipment? That was the question many cities and counties were hoping the U.S.

Beset by a controversy over unusually high wages paid to some former employees, the mayor of Bell, Calif., has apologized to residents and agreed not to run for reelection.

Making false calls to 911 is a crime, and, now, that crime carries stricter penalties in Illinois.

Commerce and several partners are ready to launch the Domain Name System Security Extensions that is expected to enhance Internet security and stability.

A $70 million budget shortfall is going to cause additional discomfort for Newark, N.J., employees
: the city is cutting out toilet paper for city hall bathrooms.

NIST scientists are currently testing smart phone-based technology to translate information between English and key languages that are short on human translators.

One of the largest companies in information technology, Google, is now the first to market with cloud computing applications for government.

A new solar farm will soon enable Knox County, Tenn., officials to harvest sunshine to heat water at the county's 1,036-bed detention facility.

Energy announces plans to host officials from several federal agencies to raise awareness and donations for the July collection of the "Feds Feed Families" nationwide food drive.

In the government, it's said that nothing has more endurance, or lasts longer than a document stamped "top secret".

Federal News Radio kicks off our Best of the Federal Government series by asking you which agency you think has the best food/cafeteria options. Nominate an agency now!

For years, a huge backlog of government agency documents in need of declassification has piled up at the National Archives and Records Administration.

Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau, says his office reimages 25-30 PCs each month because of irresponsible Web browsing.

Let's face it, meetings are a necessary evil for the federal workforce. But what if you could use a collaboration tool that lets you participate digitally?

Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau, says his office reimages 25-30 PCs each month because of irresponsible Web browsing.

Perhaps 19-year-old Washington resident William Jackson was just trying to realize a childhood dream when, on July 9, he walked into the city's bus storage area wearing a bus operator's uniform and dr

More of the flying public will be seen at more airports than ever before.

The FBI has again paused work on the deployment of a multi-million dollar case-management system called Sentinel.

Roberta Thuman, administrative assistant/public information officer for Nags Head, N.C., took this photo of local artist Barry Lee stands with three trash cans painted by other Nags Head artists as pa

Voorhees, N.J.-based American Water and the U.S.