Cybersecurity

Security grades bring new complaints

Does FISMA compliance create secure IT systems?

People

Deals & Deadlines

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is asking agencies about their use of interagency contracts, including the types and number of contracts departments are using.

Digital Government

Alliance backs open document format

Several major software companies and industry associations will promote the use of nonproprietary technologies for archiving government records.

Modernization

IBM identity management hones in on small organizations

Tivoli Identity Manager Express takes best practices from larger systems and simplifies them for use at smaller organizations.

Modernization

Can OMB's new centers of excellence really compete?

The Office of Management and Budget's strategy for moving agencies to consolidated financial and human resources management systems is about to be put to the test.

Digital Government

GTSI gets notice of default from creditors

The reseller delays a planned earnings announcement and attempts to get debt extension.

People

INTERNAUT: LOB impact? You ain’t seen nothing yet

Just when federal agencies thought they were catching up with the Office of Management and Budget’s six existing Line of Business initiatives, they now have three more LOBs to consider.

Digital Government

CACI closes revised ISS deal

The original deal hit a snag when ISS failed to win a significant contract recompete.

Acquisition

Senate ready to act on GSA reorg

The Senate committee overseeing the GSA reorganization is looking to mark up the bill "as soon as possible," but it has not set a date yet.

People

GSA official to retire in April

Tom Horan has worked at GSA for 23 years.

People

OMB directs agencies to name senior geospatial official

The Office of Management and Budget is directing major agencies to designate within 45 days a senior agency official for geospatial information, according to Clay Johnson, OMB's deputy director for management.

People

OMB gives e-gov status report to Congress

The agency explains how it put initiatives into action in fiscal 2005.

Cybersecurity

GAO assesses FIPS 201 challenges

A new GAO report questions whether the federal government can accomplish the major objective of the secure identity credentialing program.

Digital Government

GSA's shocking numbers

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People

GovPartner expands e-gov offerings to mid-Atlantic

The company has developed technology that allows local governments to offer online citizen request management.

People

Accenture gets Education contract extension

Under a three-year, $179 million extension, the company will continue to operate and maintain systems that manage student aid programs.

Modernization

Dave Combs | Enterprise efforts are in tune at USDA

Agriculture CIO Dave Combs, who took the reins last summer, has had a career as varied as USDA’s business lines.<@SM>

People

Former Army deputy CIO joins Input's consulting group

Dave Borland will join a team that guides companies in improving their government business.

People

Americom deal extends DOD satellite options

The company has partnered with Xtar, giving it access to the XTAR-EUR satellite.

Cybersecurity

IG: Improve system for tracking radioactive material

The proposed Web-based system may not be robust enough to account for all risks such materials pose, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s inspector general said.