Modernization
Advisory committee on accessibility named
It includes international, federal and private organizations.
Cybersecurity
UPDATED: Hackers hit State Department
The agency joins a growing list of federal organizations to report successful security breaches.
Cybersecurity
Report: Hackers engage in vulnerability auctions
Finjan report suggests rise in black market auctions, do-it-yourself malware kits and malicious spam.
Cybersecurity
Clearance process accelerates into high gear
Key personnel officials assure vendors of success in upgrading background investigation procedures.
People
Army to cut workforce, secretary says
Reductions in workload and staff are crucial to meeting the service’s business transformation strategy, Francis Harvey said.
Cybersecurity
Input: Cybersecurity threats, regs drive IT spending
Spending could rise to $6.3 billion in fiscal 2011, an 18.9 percent increase from fiscal 2006, the firm's report states.
Modernization
e-Gov meets Web 2.0
Progressive agencies have taken a step beyond early e-gov programs, using the Web as a platform for delivering interactive services, aka Web 2.0.
People
IRS modernization has mixed results, audit shows
Treasury's IG for tax administration said the Business Systems Modernization project faces four major challenges.
Acquisition
NOAA acquisition needs stronger oversight
GAO finds that the agency has improved acquisition oversight after a 2005 reorganization, but it still needs to make further refinements.
People
Emergency provisions added to FAR
The acquisition regulations now includes emergency procurement information in a single source to help agencies effectively respond to emergencies.
Modernization
IRS headquarters closed until 2007
Flood damage from heavy rains will keep the Washington office closed until the first of next year; agency said its IT systems not affected.<@SM>
Cybersecurity
IG slams VA for 'indifference' to laptop theft
The VA inspector general singles out the two top executives for mismanaging the department’s response to the potential loss of 26.5 million records of active and retired military personnel.
Modernization
Web 2.0 from A to R
How will your agency create new Web 2.0 applications? Most likely with one or more of the following technologies.
People
Secure Computing to buy CipherTrust
Competitors see an opportunity as companies merge, saying that federal customers will be uncertain of the new entity's future.
Cybersecurity
Appeals court blocks shutdown of Interior computers
The court also removed U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth from the case he had overseen for a decade.
Modernization
Two U.S. ports unveil emergency communications systems
Los Angeles and Houston install Web-based control centers that centralize functions to speed internal and external communications.
People
GSA must standardize schedules, group says
The Coalition for Government Procurement said inconsistent policies slow the process and make it difficult for businesses pursuing multiple schedules to manage them.
Digital Government
Report urges feds to respect local laws, regulations
A new report recommends that Congress and federal agencies respect the need for balance between nationwide uniformity and creative diversity.
Modernization
Planar debuts trade-friendly flat-panel monitors
New flat-panel 17-inch and 19-inch displays comply with the Trade Agreements Act.
Modernization