People
Securing info systems could cost $28 billion, budget office says
FISMA requirements would consume $27.9 billion of the $29 billion that the E-Government Reauthorization Act would cost the government between 2008 and 2012.
Digital Government
Letter: Feds should seek competence, not numbers
Closing off Internet links is an illogical move.
People
GAO praises TSA for its handling of sensitive info
The agency has met congressional mandates regarding the handling of sensitive security information.
Digital Government
Support grows for e-prescribing
HHS, lawmakers and associations make their cases to implement the technology
People
OFPP: Better training gets results
Denett’s latest memo seeks to create more professional acquisition training
People
Report paints bleak picture of FDA IT, resources, science
Funding shortages are putting the country’s food supply and the regulatory systems that oversee the drug and device supplies at risk, a panel concludes.
Acquisition
OFPP: Watch use of brand names in proposals
Agencies are failing to specify why a brand is necessary, which can limit competition, according to a memo from Paul Denett.
People
GSA's Harrison to retire
Von Harrison, Information Technology Infrastructure Line of business program manager, will leave her position Jan. 3, 2008.
People
GPO names new sales unit director
William Kurtz will oversee the Publications and Information Sales unit.
Digital Government
Letter: Revamping funding opens doors for new systems
Using a commercial implementation for health IT would give users -- patients and professionals -- the friendliest graphic user interfaces and most logical forms.
Digital Government
Letter: Closing Internet links will lead to more unauthorized telecommuting
In order to access information, government workers will have to use unsecured computers.
Digital Government
Letter: Closing Internet links will hurt satellite offices
Thousands of smaller offices use private Internet connections and a virtual private network to connect to their agencies’ networks.
People