Cybersecurity
DOD removes missile defense system report from Web site
It details poor password security and a lack of audit trails.
People
Cyrus G. “Jerry” Lohfink and Jim Preissner: Government/industry team delivers fed paychecks
Working together, Lohfink and Preissner kept Hurricane Katrina’s devastation from disrupting the processing of federal paychecks.
Digital Government
Editorial: Credit where credit is due
Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 awards program has truly proven itself during its 17-year history.
People
Congress questions financial management consolidation
OMB called to answer for lack of guidance on shared services initiative
Acquisition
OMB looks for lines of business payoff
An interagency task force will develop strategies for taking advantage of new lines of business included in the proposed fiscal 2007 budget.
People
Intercepts
War is hell, 2006 update; Real-life Army/Navy video game battle; A hundred billion here…
People
DOD IG: Lack of systems engineering imperils missile system
The Missile Defense Agency has not completed a systems engineering plan or developed a sustainment plan for the Ballistic Missile Defense System, a report states.
Digital Government
A new way to get a good deal
Justice is the latest agency to compete for its own work.
People
Lt. Joe Morgan: Quick work aids missing-person searches
Morgan helped the Coast Guard create a system to track missing-person reports in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
Digital Government
CMS chooses contractors for data processing consolidation
IBM, EDS and Companion Data Services transform 17 processing centers into three.
People
Deborah Kutzleb: Debris database tracks vessel recovery
Post Hurricane Katrina, Kutzleb and Phoenix International produced a database to track of thousands of vessels as the Navy cleared the waterways.
Modernization
FAA: Knowledge sharing shouldn’t be forced
Agency’s use of online collaboration space has expanded to solve workgroup problems
Modernization
Capt. Jeffrey J. Arsenault: Deployable comms aid supply effort
Hurricane Katrina tested Arsenault’s leadership, but his personality and training helped him overcome obstacles to supporting Air Force relief efforts.
People
GSA clarifies telework rules
The detailed guidelines published March 17 in a General Services Administration bulletin are effective immediately.
People
DHS IG: More work needed to improve port security program
Report calls for establishing a minimum threshold for projects to receive funding, modifying the Grants Management System and other measures.
People
GAO: FEMA must update digital flood maps
A report states that Hurricane Katrina drove home the need to improve the National Flood Insurance Program.
Modernization
Defense's business transformation chugs forward
In sending Version 3.1 of its business enterprise architecture to Congress last week, the Defense Department took another incremental step toward better data standardization and interoperability.
Digital Government