Cybersecurity
N.Y. county wants more secure wireless hot spots
A Westchester County executive proposed legislation that would require businesses providing public Internet access to install a firewall.
People
Senate, House need to come to terms over e-gov funding
Legislation allocating $5 million for the administration’s E-Government Fund and placing limits on competitive sourcing for certain agencies cleared the Senate last month and is headed for a conference committee so House and Senate lawmakers can work out differences.
People
Accenture gets DLA data-management deal
The integrator will support an initiative to increase the accuracy and accessibility of product data that the agency needs to make informed decisions.
People
Accenture to develop Georgia child welfare system
Three-year contract covers design, development and implementation of system to monitor children under state supervision.
Modernization
FAA telecom overhaul knocks out radar
A radar outage occurred this week at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago because the FAA was transitioning to a new telecom provider.
People
CSC gets $35M FEMA flood insurance contract
Incumbent contractor won a competition to keep its place with federal flood insurance program.
Modernization
FCC approves merger of SBC, AT&T
The commission also approved the union of Verizon and MCI, but both pending mergers are subject to restrictions.
Digital Government
Report: Government has major role in RFID development
New IBM report states that government must play an international role to help establish standards for RFID technology.
Digital Government
SGI, Novell get security stamp
Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 running on SGI servers earns Common Criteria certification.
Modernization
Pacific Air Forces upgrades network
Apptis and The Centech Group will install technologies for voice, video and data for the Air Force command.
Modernization
Symantec targets spam, boosts archiving
The company's four new products are intended to give users more control over e-mail entering, leaving and residing on their systems.
People
Medical publishers still battling NIH
NIH says links to publishers' sites would not help NIH achieve its goal of creating a permanent, integrated research archive.
Modernization
TCS debuts thin-client SecureOffice solution
The product lets users access multiple security levels from one computer.
People
Agencies struggle with EVM as OMB deadline approaches
As the Dec. 31 deadline approaches for agencies to develop an earned-value management policy for IT projects, not all agencies have embraced the discipline and some may be challenged to meet the upcoming milestone.
People
CIO closer to controlling VA's IT budget
House approves a plan that would put control of the VA’s IT budget into the CIO's hands, which would allow better spending control.
People
OMB asks agencies to practice project management discipline
Federal agencies have until Dec. 31 to create policies for using earned value management to reduce inherent risks in IT projects.
Modernization
KoolSpan, Time Domain offer ultra secure comms
The two companies will offer secure communications by using Ultra-Wideband technology protected by 256-bit AES encryption.
People
FDA to list approved products in online archive
The Food and Drug Administration is demanding that manufacturers submit information printed on prescription drug labels in a new electronic format.
Digital Government