Cybersecurity
OMB moves to consolidate cybersecurity
Cross-agency centers would standardize agency security processes.
People
Architect of information retrieval
Eliot Christian seeks to preserve cataloging traditions in online world.
Cybersecurity
Better inspections needed for container cargos
Two senators say Customs and Border Protection officials must do a better job of gathering container data from incoming ships.
People
GEIA wants DOD CIO confirmed
Industry trade group urges Congress, Pentagon to “find middle ground.”
Modernization
The scoop on COOP
Continuity of Operations, or COOP, is a fundamental part of the planning of many government agencies, especially within the federal government.
People
OPM opens the door to faster hiring
The Office of Personnel Management issued interim rules to make it easier for civilian agencies to recruit workers for federal acquisition positions.
People
DOD drives CSC earnings growth
Some civilian agency projects have slowed down or ended, but defense spending rose almost 10 percent in the company's first quarter of fiscal 2006.
Cybersecurity
GSA proposes e-authentication plan
Proposal calls for a decentralized approach to providing identity management services.
Modernization
IRS picks webMethods as part of modernization
Agency picks vendor to integrate existing and future IT systems.
People
Half of all Americans support a national ID card
Internet survey also finds that most Americans want biometrics used in ID cards, including passports, Social Security cards and driver's licenses.
People
AT&T to continue Army work
The Army has awarded AT&T Government Solutions a $2.4 million contract.
Cybersecurity
Security news in brief
Fortress, Rajant team for self-healing wireless net; Micromuse completes GuardedNet buy; Education selects NetIQ for security.
Acquisition
GSA releases final reorganization plan
The General Services Administration's final plan creates a single service to govern procurement and six 'zonal' offices.
Digital Government
Major legal issues for health IT
Excerpts from a new report, “Assessing Legal Implications of Using Health Data to Improve Health Care Quality and Eliminate Health Care Disparities.”
Digital Government
County adds satellite radio to notification system
Arlington County partners with XM Satellite Radio to broadcast alerts in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
People
EDS profits fall
The NMCI contract is showing signs of improvement and the sale of a subsidiary last year boosted 2004 profits.
People
Cybersecurity incomplete governmentwide, FAA CIO says
Cybersecurity must be the current and future focus of any federal information technology planning, said FAA CIO Dan Mehan.
Cybersecurity
AirTight targets low-end wireless customers
Its stand-alone sensor monitors 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless bands.
Modernization