People
Waxman asks White House about e-mail, political briefings
In letters to Karl Rove and Fred Fielding, counsel to the Bush adminstration, Waxman asks for more specific information on the White House’s e-mail policies and the Jan. 26 presentation by Rove’s deputy, J. Scott Jennings.
Modernization
GSA awards Networx Universal
Sprint does not get a place on the long-awaited major network services contract.
People
Grimes: DOD needs to shift information culture to right-to-know
As the Defense Department develops a new information architecture, the need to share information with authorized users who have a right to know it has become paramount, he told a House subcommittee.
Cybersecurity
Successful cyberattacks against DOD drop
Lt. Gen. Charles Croom says better computer configuration management and use of PKI cards helped beef up defense.
Acquisition
Small businesses get big portion of SEWP
NASA awarded 45 IT governmentwide acquisition contracts to 37 vendors, half of which are small businesses.
Cybersecurity