Digital Government

Feds to conduct first cybercrime survey

The Justice and Homeland Security departments will conduct a comprehensive survey beginning this month to create the first national baseline to measure cybercrime on businesses

Digital Government

Gartner analyst moves to Input

Paul Schmitz will serve as vice president of the Input Executive Program.

People

McQueary resigns

The head of DHS' science and technology arm plans to step down in March.

People

Associations call for workforce assistance

They recommend that the government beef up training for health IT specialists and systems users.

People

FirstGov adds RSS, e-mail alerts

The new features build on the recently renovated Web site.

Cybersecurity

DHS evaluates global cybersecurity exercise

Cyber Storm aims to determine how well public and private organizations worked together in a simulated attack.

Modernization

GSA issues satellite RFP

The General Services Administration is accepting bids on Satcom-II, a new contract that will replace the existing GSA Satellite Services program.

People

OPM workers win another A-76 bid

In competitions for IT jobs, employees have won by wide margins, Office of Personnel Management officials said.

Digital Government

Bush proposes cuts for 141 programs

An Office of Management and Budget document details which face the chopping block.

Digital Government

Budget slashes first responder programs

Several federal grant programs would be eliminated in President Bush's fiscal 2007 budget.

People

VHA taps CareFusion for bar code software

The product reads bar codes on medication and software modules, such as those that verify and label lab specimens.

People

Senate approves USPS overhaul

The Senate passed a bill today after more than a decade of debate and compromise on changes to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service.

People

Passenger screening programs come under fire

GAO and industry representatives say programs are poorly managed and likely to be ineffective.

Digital Government

Unisys gets boost from TSA

The integrator leads the FCW Tech Index, with its stock rising 8.25 percent during the two-week snapshot.

Digital Government

SI attains Zen

SI International will acquire Zen Technology for $60 million in cash.

Digital Government

NASA to archive airlines' flight safety data

Battelle Memorial Institute will develop the distributed archive of airline flight data and safety reports.

People

Bush budget seeks $459.4M for NIST labs

Congress appropriated $387.4 million for NIST’s eight research laboratories to operate in fiscal 2006.

Modernization

Military to get mobile comms

Americom Government Services and ViaSat have signed a deal to combine their infrastructure and technologies.

Modernization

Qwest to connect NASA centers

Qwest will provide end-to-end wavelength services using its QWave optical communications technology.

Acquisition

Share in savings struggles for second chance

Rep. Tom Davis will try to restore statutory authority for share-in-savings contracting.