Digital Government
Navy Department makes it official, clearing way for deployment of WLANs
A new policy requires Navy and Marines to use strong encryption and intrusion detection.
People
Boeing, Lockheed unite launch vehicle businesses
The joint venture will be called United Launch Alliance and combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations of the two companies.
Cybersecurity
China a major cyberthreat, commission warns
China is fielding information warfare units and developing anti-satellite capabilities aimed at countering U.S. military technology, according to U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
People
Doan proposes shuffling GSA's central office, policy shop
Moving OGP under the congressional affairs office will “weave the important role OGP plays in helping to shape government policies that work,” Doan wrote in an e-mail message to FCW.
Acquisition
Agencies still struggling with performance contracts
Officials say agencies have still not mastered the art of measuring performance baselines.
People
Private-sector shared-services providers must be FISMA-compliant
Karen Evans, Office of Management and Budget’s administrator for e-government and IT, says shared-services providers to the government for human resources or financial management services must comply with FISMA.
Acquisition
Indiana, IBM near $1B deal
The contract for a social service eligibility system would be worth as much as $1.16 billion over 10 years.
People
Smaller banks suffer Fed access delay
A Federal Reserve online service experienced intermittent problems when a number of small and medium-sized banks tried to access it earlier this week to perform daily financial activities.<@SM>
Modernization
DataPath buys network management software firm
The satellite and wireless communications provider paid $25.7 million for ILC.
People
Students to shadow federal IT employees
The CIO Council is planning its first Job Shadow Day since 2003.
Cybersecurity
Network attack disables Naval War College
A news report states that Chinese hackers are responsible, but officials are investigating the cause and computer and e-mail systems remain off-line.
People
Line of business will outlast administrations
Experts agree that the push to move toward the Financial Management Line of Business will be too difficult to reverse whether the next president is a Democrat or a Republican.
People
FEMA gets CIO; DHS loses chief of staff
Tony Cira, a former AT&T official, will take the IT reins for emergency management.
People
Survey: Agencies lack well-trained IT project leaders, managers
More than three-quarters of respondents said they had no adequate training or were unsure of their training regarding many critical elements to successfully handling an IT project.
People
University: Invest in feds
George Washington University teamed with BearingPoint to produce recommendations for recruiting more talented job candidates.
People
Navy satcom performance impedes warfighters
Shipboard satellite systems operating in the super and extremely high-frequency bands do not perform well enough to support warfighting needs, according to an internal message.
Digital Government
NIST-backed panel calls for end to paperless voting
A forthcoming report recommends that standards should require some form of software-independent vote verification.
Modernization
IBM wins Texas data center pact
The $863 million contract is part of the state’s plan to create a shared technology infrastructure.
People