Friday Features: The Best Stories from the Week in Government Contracting

This week, Teresa Carlson, vice president of Microsoft Federal Government, talked to ExecutiveBiz about how cloud computing is one IT initiative to watch this year and what we can expect to see from Microsoft a year from now.

Also, for ExecutiveBiz, Bernie McVey, Northrop Grumman’s vice president and chief information officer, discussed how Northrop Grumman is currently working to transform the internal IT environment to create a more performance-based culture in the company.

On ExecutiveGov, Congresswoman Donna Edwards addressed local high school students at this year’s DigiGirlz Day, which is an initiative by Microsoft to dispel gender stereotypes of careers in the technology industry.

In a column for TheNewNewInternet, Jim Garrettson discusses whether the United States is ready for body scanners, and what opponents and proponents are saying about the potential security implications.