Cybersecurity
DHS to run cybersecurity exercise
Cyber Storm will test how well industry organizations work with one another and with DHS.
People
Battlefield medical systems join Digital Age
System developed at Landstuhl, Germany, medical center tracks wounded warriors.
Cybersecurity
Pennsylvania adopts e-notarization
Pennsylvania’s Electronic Notary Seal program could serve as a model for offering real-time authentication of notaries.
People
Lockheed Martin lands $2B contract
The company will build system to link military's satellites to its networks.
People
OMB pushes contracting certification
New certification standards are part of a governmentwide effort to improve the skills of the federal contracting workforce.
Modernization
GSA's Suda moves to Agriculture
Robert Suda, assistant commissioner for information technology solutions at the Federal Technology Service, will leave GSA.
People
SSA seeks data recovery software
The Social Security Administration is fortifying its disaster readiness by seeking information from vendors about mainframe data recovery software.
Digital Government
Neterion eyes government resellers
Maker of high-speed network hardware seeks to broaden its government market.
People
Former Massachusetts CIO returns
Louis Gutierrez, a former Massachusetts chief information officer, has been reappointed to that position.
People
DOD review of $13B Encore II to be completed by Feb. 14
Revisions expected, with new due date 30 days after release of new amendment.
Digital Government
Polycom unveils mobile videoconferencing system
Target audiences for the Mobile Responder includes the military, public safety officials, educators and health care providers.
People
DOD's e-health record system to be ready in a year
A senior Pentagon health affairs official said the system represents a "revolution in battlefield medicine."
People
Women share career survival tips
Women at work must earn the trust of each new manager and make themselves indispensable problem solvers, said CIO Janet Barnes.
Acquisition
FAR Council withdraws share-in-savings rule
The future of the contracting practice is uncertain after Congress fails to revive expired statutory authority.
Cybersecurity
Army installs PKI security
New policy enhances access controls on the Defense Department's Non-secure IP Router Network.
People
More taxpayers file online returns
More than half of all taxpayers filed their returns electronically in 2005, according to a new report.
People