People
DHS seeks industry financing help
Alternative financing options could be an important business strategy for would-be DHS contractors.
Cybersecurity
Paladin Group invests in database security
Application Security Inc. received another round of strategic funding led by the Paladin Capital Group, a leading homeland security venture company.
People
Avocent to buy LANDesk for up to $476M
The purchase will allow federal IT managers to streamline the tools and processes they use to manage IT in large, distributed environments, a company official said.
Digital Government
Fed Sources warns of slow market growth
Experts see that the growing number of companies trying to get into the market only amplifies the diminished opportunity.
Modernization
OMB wants compliance with LOBs, e-gov in budget submissions
The Office of Management and Budget reminded agencies that they must demonstrate how they are implementing the administration’s Lines of Business Consolidation Initiative in their fiscal 2008 budget proposals.
Cybersecurity
NIST announces FISMA Phase II
Establishing qualifications for those who conduct security assessments marks a new phase in the implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Cybersecurity
Davis: FISMA could prevent 'cyber Pearl Harbor'
The cybersecurity requirements should be more than just a paper exercise, lawmaker says.
Modernization
XRBL holds future promise for A-123 internal controls
Federal financial and IT executives risk falling behind their commercial-sector counterparts by being slow to develop the use of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XRBL) in their financial-reporting systems.
People
The grants whisperer
At a conference a few years ago, Rebecca Spitzgo was milling about at the de rigueur social hour. It was her first day as program manager for Grants.gov, the e-government initiative that lets organizations apply online for more than $400 billion in federal grants.<@SM>
Modernization
Bottom-line results
Avie Snow and her team really had to move after 9/11 when the Coast Guard was reassigned from the Transportation Department to the Homeland Security Department and had to migrate off DOT’s accounting system. In nine months, they built the Core Accounting System (CAS) for about $7 million.<@SM>
Modernization
Online extra | Financial management ahead of the pack
The Office of Management and Budget hopes the Financial Management Line of Business initiative will improve the cost, quality and performance of agencies’ financial systems.<@SM>
People
Davis: Government needs to share
He said the federal government is weak in sharing information, taking action to meet challenges and investing in federal employees.
Modernization
Online extra | Federal Health Architecture gets Version 1.0 ready for release
The Federal Health Architecture, established in June 2003 as a Line of Business, aims to align federal health IT investments with the president’s health IT plan.<@SM>
Modernization
Online extra | Justice to make Case Management more inclusive
While the Justice Department was bogged down in awarding a $305 million contract for its do-over case management system called Sentinel, the Line of Business Consolidation initiative for a similar effort was treading water.<@SM>
People
Contractor to pay for allegedly misrepresenting size status
Insight Enterprises has agreed to pay the government $1 million to settle the claims.
Digital Government
FAA open-source system saves $15 million
The Enhanced Traffic Management System helps control air traffic flow.
Cybersecurity