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.
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>
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