Digital Government
Letters
Readers sound off on Blackberry devices, data architecture standards, buying software and organ donors.
Cybersecurity
GAO: Feds miss mark on security reporting
More instructions needed on which problems to report and to whom, auditors say.
People
Publishers make appeal to lawmakers in NIH dispute
American Chemical Society officials are asking lawmakers to rein in those responsible for a federal database of molecular structures.
People
Editorial: Making the important decision
To insource or to outsource? It is not an easy question to answer.
People
Forrester study finds slowing e-gov adoption
The Presidential e-Government Initiatives of 2000 have lost much of their steam because people still prefer to interact with federal agencies over the telephone.
Digital Government
Insecurity alert
GAO recommends better oversight of companies' information security practices.
Digital Government
Is TSP a model for Social Security?
Bush cites Thrift Savings Plan as model for personal accounts
People
Army to look at beefing up security along Global Information Grid
The Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations will unveil a document that looks at improving the way users manage and defend the Global Information Grid.
People
IG: Homeland Security IT systems not disaster-ready
Fifteen of the 19 IT facilities reviewed at the department either had no recovery sites or their recovery sites were not fully operational, the IG found.
Modernization
Army announces enterprise consolidation plan
The Army will begin an enterprise consolidation plan next year that will see the creation of two area processing centers to include a variety of computer servers.
People
Oversight Board criticizes IRS tax center closure
An Internal Revenue Service decision to close 68 of its 400 walk-in tax assistance centers has come under additional criticism, this time by the IRS Oversight Board.
People
Chertoff: DHS findings due within a month
DHS' secretary told Congress the 90-day review of the department's operations is complete.
People
Roback joins Treasury
Ed Roback, head of the Computer Security Division at National Institute of Standards and Technology, will leave his post to join the Treasury Department June 26.
People
VeriSign receives DOD certification
VeriSign has been accredited by the Defense Department to expand its digital certificate services to federal, state and local governments.
People
Mehan retiring from FAA CIO job
Daniel Mehan, the chief information officer at the Federal Aviation Administration, is retiring at the end of August.
Digital Government
SRA to buy Galaxy Scientific
The deal would give SRA more capability in command, control, communications and intelligence tactical systems, among other areas.
People