People

Army one-star list out

Three systems and information technology colonels nominated for brigadier general.

People

DOJ cybersecurity effort aims for Center of Excellence status

The Justice Department will attempt to become a Center of Excellence for the Cybersecurity Line of Business initiative.

Digital Government

Solidcore pursues government resellers

Software developer specializes in server management.

People

Agencies, OMB pushing security requirements through contracts

As the new CIO of the Housing and Urban Development Department, Lisa Schlosser is on a mission to improve the agency’s cybersecurity.

Digital Government

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Cybersecurity

Security clearance delays still a problem

Despite new government procedures, security clearance delays are the same, if not worse, than a year ago, a high-tech trade group reported.

People

Illinois inks toll system deal with SAIC

SAIC’s Security and Transportation Technology business unit will provide equipment to upgrade the state tollway violation enforcement system.

People

NOAA supercomputer predicted hit, underestimated force

Supercomputers helped the agency accurately predict where Hurricane Katrina would hit, but they missed predictions about its intensity.

Modernization

New Orleans radio system flooded

State police bar entry of radio repair technicians to city.

Digital Government

Data demonstrates e-health progress

The eHealth Initiative’s new report on health information exchanges shows that there are a growing number of fully operational health information exchange initiatives.

Cybersecurity

Feds cram before 2005 FISMA scores arrive

Federal IT officials meet to learn how to develop the best IT security practices.

People

Zeppieri steps down at TSA

TSA CIO David Zeppieri is the latest top person to leave the troubled agency.

People

DHS official heads federal response to Hurricane Katrina

Michael Brown, the undersecretary of DHS's Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, was named to coordinate the fed response to Hurricane Katrina.

Modernization

IRS requires professional e-filers to use approved encryption

The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency’s Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.

People

DOD creates new health office

The Military Health System Office of Transformation established to reform military health services.

Digital Government

Battery-operated radio systems aid Katrina relief efforts

The National Interagency Fire Center is sending two-way radios that can run without commercial power to areas where public safety systems have been knocked out by Hurricane Katrina.

Modernization

DOD, Coast Guard deploy satcom systems to Gulf Coast

Agencies provide much needed communications in wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Digital Government

BearingPoint wins NAVAIR pact

Integrator wins $4 million award to provide technical and advisory services to the Naval Air systems Command's depot in Cherry Point, N.C.

People

Motivating career execs key to Labor's PMA top rating

The Labor Department’s management of its executive workforce was the foundation for its success as the first agency to achieve all green ratings on the most recent President’s Management Agenda scorecard.

People

Transportation Department names Neff deputy CFO

The Transportation Department has named Lawrence Neff as its deputy chief financial officer.