Digital Government
Committee readies recommendations to extend broad health privacy protections
HHS advisory panel issues draft report calling for new laws and rules to cover nearly everyone who handles medical records.
People
SBA drafts policy on authorizing access to employee e-mail
The agency's CIO told senior managers to halt e-mail retrievals without prior approval from the CIO's office.
Acquisition
Web extra: Waxman on competition in federal contracting
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, talked about the state of competition in federal contracting in an e-mail interview with Federal Computer Week reporter Matthew Weigelt.FCW: Describe the state of competition in contracting today. Are you concerned?Waxman: I am very concerned about the state of competition in contracting today. Full and open competition has declined sharply under the Bush administration. Between 2000 and 2006, the dollar value of…
Digital Government
Web Extra: Automated redaction tools available
A small industry is emerging to help state and local governments rid their Web sites of personal information.
Acquisition
As population grows, Texas city readies tech infrastructure
Bee Cave plans to install a Gigabit Ethernet network, a document management system and a backup plan built around a virtual tape library.
People
Terrorist watch list problems continue to rankle lawmakers
Four years after its inception, the watch list database still contains numerous errors, is not fully consolidated and is not supported by a clear strategy for screening people.
People
SBInet stumbles on its first steps
Software integration problems have held up the first segment of the multibillion-dollar program.
People
Treasury's comptroller plans system to track bank reports
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency wants the system to make the most of electronically capturing data for application processing, support a flexible workflow, maintain critical records, and monitor and report on corporate applications and notices.
People
Military needs offensive cyber operations
Rogue nations and corporate entities have been conducting cyber operations for decades, and it's about time that the U.S. military steps up, a reader writes.
People
FCW time machine: 2003 | Then…and now
What happened to a proposal to create two career tracks for officials in the Senior Executive Service?
Digital Government
Justice explains C&A approach
Agencies are close to consensus on standards for security certification and accreditation
Acquisition
Speedy interagency contracts face possible new restrictions
Proposed acquisition rules could make interagency contracts less attractive
People
Feds seek the art of negotiation
Policy-makers now have data to use in addressing acquisition workforce gaps
Digital Government
Technology briefs
World digital library construction under way; AsusTek to compete with MIT’s $100 laptop
Digital Government
Why file virtualization? It’s easy
Up-and-coming technology melds multiple storage devices into one, boosting efficiency and data availability
People
Sorting the personal from the public
Cleaning up personal data inadvertently posted on government sites is no easy task
People
Program managers are also security managers
Federal program managers are reminded to protect data
People
Jefferts’ pursuit is precision
Physicist at NIST leads a team that manages to keep the rest of us on atomic time
Acquisition