Crafting a truly practical IT business case can seem daunting, but heeding the advice of agencies that have done the job well will lessen the pain.

What does it take to ensure that your agency's systems project managers have the skills they need to succeed?

Agencies turn to technology to help improve employee performance.

FISMA offers agencies a road map for addressing privacy challenges and making progress in designing effective programs.

Mystified and a little daunted, agencies flounder as they try to implement earned value management. Here's how you can get started and avoid tripping up.

Resistant workers, cantankerous contractors and ambivalent managers need not be the hallmarks of outsourced PC operations. Learn how to get buy-in all around.

Two federal CIOs work to break down the barriers that keep agencies from sharing IT best practices.

A data-sharing model is already simplifying the exchange of law enforcement files, but the ultimate goal is to ease such exchanges governmentwide.

The Exchange/Sale Program lets agencies safely and legally dispose of IT—and get a little something back for their trouble.

That's how HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt envisions a National Health Information Network. Now, it's Dr. David Brailer's job to make the dream a reality.

Most government IT managers probably wouldn't relish having to take their security report cards home. Here's a primer to keep your agency from flunking out on systems security.