Modernization

Forbidden fruit

Apple seeks more federal business, but its strategy remains a mystery.

People

Air Force handles network security

Service will distribute securely configured Microsoft software.

People

The road to automated information sharing

New Jersey police boost ability to share data with regional and federal agencies.

Digital Government

Version 2.0

Corrections and clarifications.

Modernization

Portable storage

A look at five portable hard drives: Price, size, speed and other features

Digital Government

Intercepts

IT show cancellations. DOIM hurricane warning. Showstopping speech. No bull bill.

Digital Government

Calling all cars

New Jersey works on system to share crime data.

People

FDIC succeeds at new pay plan

A small agency has lessons for others looking at pay-for-performance plans.

People

White House promotes personnel reform

The Bush administration is planning a coordinated campaign by top agency officials to promote civil service reforms to federal workers.

People

First draft of revised Data Reference Model released

The federal Data Reference Model working group released the first draft of the DRM Specification today. The working group is now soliciting feedback from government agencies before it submits the DRM to the Office of Management and Budget.

People

Comings and goings

News about James Loy, Daniel Mehan, Christopher Cox, Art Stephens, A.R. Hodgkins and Marshall Bykofsky.

Digital Government

Wikis find role in community governance

Supporter urges feds to learn from online collaboration

People

IT, biometrics key to CIS strategy through 2015

Revamping IT infrastructure is a top priority in a 10-year plan that the Homeland Security Department’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency.

People

Circuit

Leave them at home. Send in the whales. Cohen-Clinger Act? Let them see light. A new slate.

Modernization

Rep. Wolf extends telecommuting penalty for another year

NASA and the National Science Foundation could join the departments of Commerce, Justice and State as agencies that could lose funding if they don’t meet a federal telecommuting mandate.

People

NRC to restore docs following security review

The commission will restore more documents to online library following security review.

People

A work in progress

Feds slow to increase women and Hispanics in workforce.

Digital Government

HHS floods market seeking health IT proposals

Bids for prototype networks could top $60 million, integrators say

Digital Government

Letters

Readers sound off on Blackberry devices, data architecture standards, buying software and organ donors.