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.
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