People
Kentucky and New Mexico authenticate political campaign sites
The new technology creates a registry of genuine sites to make it easier to spot fakes set up to defraud donors or misinform voters.
Acquisition
GSA promises Alliant soon
Alliant and Alliant SB are undergoing comprehensive reviews before a final request for proposals is issued.
People
Justice helps police with free mapping software
Earlier this month, the Justice Department handed out free software to police as part of a new crime prevention system.
Digital Government
USAID to award AIDS drug supply chain contract
The U.S. Agency for International Development will soon award a multimillion-dollar contract to develop a global supply chain management system for AIDS drugs.
People
Senate looks for lessons from alternative pay systems
Senator says lawmakers and agency managers should study how alternative systems are working before changing to unproved systems.
Cybersecurity
Red Hat submits Linux for security evaluation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is being evaluated for Common Criteria certification on a broad range of IBM eServer systems, the company announced.
Modernization
IRS seeks business rules management system
The agency has issued a request for proposals to acquire software, maintenance, and technical support and training to implement a business rules management environment as part of its systems modernization.
Acquisition
Proposed T&M rule increases oversight
A proposed new rule would increase the oversight of time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts, a move that some procurement experts say is long overdue.
Digital Government
Group calls for e-voting backups
Group led by Carter, Baker asked to improve U.S. voting process
Digital Government
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Modernization
Congress pushes for more resilient telecom
As congressional lawmakers probe the weak, uncoordinated government relief and recovery responses to Hurricane Katrina, they have begun pushing for better communications networks that are interoperable and resilient.
Digital Government
Sprehe: Wishing NARA well
It will take a lot of effort for the Electronic Records Archives to succeed
People
Florida police to share data with other states
Support for XML justice standard will open door to secure info sharing
People
AtHoc installs warning system for Air Force
The company has installed its IWSAlerts system at the Air Force’s Air Education Training Command site at Vance Air Force Base, Okla.
People
USAJobs Web site attracts record traffic
Office of Personnel Management officials attribute the sharp increase in visitors partly to new search features and other technical improvements.
Digital Government
Oracle buy further tightens CRM market
Analysts say Siebel acquisition puts the bulk of the business applications market into the hands of two companies: Oracle and SAP.
People