People

GAO criticizes IT spending at HHS, CMS

Auditors find agencies lack sound processes for high-level management of IT.

Digital Government

ITS acquires Noesis unit

Services unit brings in an estimated $32 million and has 100 employees.

Modernization

Macromedia and Jabber collaborate on collaboration

Partnership will allow firms to combine collaboration and messaging technologies.

Acquisition

Miami-Dade signs new enterprise license agreement

The deal will enable the Florida county to make better use of Autodesk software.

Digital Government

ManTech takes the 'interim' out of CFO's title

Kevin Phillips has been named the company's chief financial officer.

Digital Government

Fed IDs may get faster, safer

The federal government is expected to pick a new storage standard for fingerprint data on its new Personal Identity Verification cards.

Digital Government

My ongoing e-gov quest

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Digital Government

More Google coverage

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Digital Government

CIA searches... The public's top searches

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Digital Government

A successful e-gov quest

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People

CBP awards software company $45M to manage IT changes

Serena Software will help U.S. Customs and Border Protection amend its information technology environment.

People

DHS to issue RFP for border control technology

Secretary Michael Chertoff said the department wants an integrated package of next-generation technologies to help secure U.S. borders.

Modernization

Telecom mergers could aid disaster recovery

States should think about the improvements in service delivery and network reliability that the merging of companies will bring, an official says.

Modernization

TCE deadline extended by one week

The Treasury Department has extended the deadline for bids on the Treasury Communications Enterprise contract from today until next week.

People

Air Force CIO office undergoes more changes

Rob Thomas is leaving to direct the Air Force Personnel Center.

Digital Government

California working on e-voting test

State officials hope to get a Finnish security expert to test Diebold's optical-scan voting machine.

Modernization

HHS, CMS fall short on managing IT investments

A lack of regular reviews by the Health and Human Services Department of HHS agencies’ IT investments by the IT investment board leaves 90 percent of the investments without appropriate executive oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office.<@SM>

People

DHS releases solicitation for rapid tech program

The Rapid Technology Application Program will fund, develop and deliver new technologies within six to 18 months after awarding development contracts.

Digital Government

Not so electronic government

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Digital Government

WSJ: Feds should just say no to crack-berries

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