People

CBP to test new features in trade system

Customs and Border Protection is looking for volunteers to test Secure Data Portal reporting and other new features.

People

DHS seeks template for responding to emergency calls

The Texas A&M Research Foundation will review all 2-1-1 calls for assistance made in Texas after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Digital Government

The Lectern: Taiwan miscellany

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People

Letter: Baseless attacks on feds undermine public confidence

The National Treasury Employees Union's president takes issue with an FCW story about federal employees' commitment to their jobs.

Digital Government

OPM authorizes higher pay for hard-to-fill jobs

Final regulations seek to boost agency use of underutilized pay flexibility.

Digital Government

FAA system failure grounds hundreds of flights

Agency says software problem appears to be the cause.

Digital Government

Agencies increase adoption of e-travel services

Northrop Grumman's application has serviced 1 million trips.

Acquisition

GAO upholds ITIP protests

Unisys, Northrop Grumman and EDS win the opportunity to compete for the Transportation Security Administration's Information Technology Infrastructure Program contract.

Modernization

FEMA plans to inventory emergency systems

The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to survey the nation's emergency alert systems soon as part of its effort to build an integrated emergency alert and warning system.

Ideas

U.S. Losing E-Gov Race

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People

SBInet faces construction delays

Budget concerns and the need to test the multibillion-dollar border-surveillance system in the laboratory could stall new building for months.

People

GSA names technology executive

The agency's technology strategy chief will create policies for adopting common architectures and technologies. the General Services Administration says.

People

Police call for panel on homeland security

Police chiefs urge the next president to convene a national commission on criminal justice and security in 100 days of taking office.

People

Study: U.S. not the leader in e-government

South Korea and Taiwan rank ahead of the United States according to a new survey from the Brookings Institution.

People

Williams gets Bush’s backing

Bush sidesteps Sen. Charles Grassley's opposition to Jim Williams by naming him acting administrator of the General Services Administration.

People

Army adopts knowledge management principles

The Army wants to use 12 knowledge management principles to increase information sharing throughout the service.

People

DHS orders stop to SBInet

The Homeland Security Department needs Interior Department's blessing to construct towers along the border with Mexico.

People

LandWarNet conference roundup

Army CIO envisions souped-up handheld; AKO to add social-networking features