Digital Government

Editorial: The VA's reminder

Mistakes such as the recent theft of Department of Veterans Affairs data have consequences -- both good and bad.

Modernization

Lost conference costs more than dollars

The canceled Army show also results in missed opportunities.

Modernization

IWN moves to second phase

General Dynamics, Lockheed will vie for $3B wireless contract

Modernization

COOP policies lack leadership

Policy-makers push telework to the center of business continuity planning.

Cybersecurity

The best-laid plan?

Experts debate whether the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace is still relevant — if it ever was.

People

Teresa Takai’s 10 tips for change

Michigan's governor gave the state’s chief information officer full authority to consolidate, reassign and restructure the executive branch’s IT staff.

Digital Government

Intercepts

Don’t they know there’s a war going on?; Army out-politics the politicians; GIG goes EU By Light; Where’s DATS?; Bye-bye, AHLTA. Hello, FDA?

Cybersecurity

Is data retention secure?

As the government seeks more private-sector data, federal CIOs and other technical experts should play a key role.

Cybersecurity

Preventive measures

Making software programmers more security-minded from the start can reduce costs and headaches later on.

People

Contractors seek edge by hiring former feds

Feds’ knowledge of acquisition regs considered a big plus.

Acquisition

GSA details Alliant RFP

Minimum orders have been lowered to make the contracts more useful to midsize businesses, agency officials said.

People

IRS modernization gets funding boost in House

H.R. 5576 would give the IRS $212.3 million for the business systems upgrade program, or $45 million more than President Bush’s $167.3 million budget request.

People

Keating joins SRA as Spectrum Solutions Group VP

Perry Keating will be responsible for increasing the company’s business in the enterprise application solutions market.

People

EDS promotes Banerjee to global leader role

Former leader of government industry group for the Americas and Asia will now lead the business on a global scale.

People

House bill would cut E-Gov Fund request by $2M

The Appropriations Committee proposal still bars OMB from using $40 million in surplus funds to finance e-gov initiatives.

People

NOAA responds to IG’s censure

An independent program executive office could help save a troubled environmental satellite project.

Modernization

VA data theft sparks marketing blitz

Effective PR often is tied to what happens in the world.

Acquisition

Alliant contracts move ahead

Draft RFPs still need details, industry groups say.

People

Lights out

Taking down part of the country’s fiber-optic infrastructure could be a crippling blow, but is it so easily done?