People

OMB taps Koch to fill final e-gov portfolio position

OMB has named Jeff Koch to oversee the Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness e-government portfolio.

Modernization

Cisco expands router portfolio

Company officials say the new products make it easier for teleworkers and small and midsize organizations to use broadband technologies.

People

DHS changes, past and future

With Cooper's departure, some talk about giving the CIO more muscle.

Modernization

Feds look, but don't touch

Free desktop search engines must be more secure before federal agencies adopt them en masse, analysts and government officials say.

People

Indian Health Service to share e-health system with NASA

The Indian Health Service will share its electronic health record and patient management system with NASA.

Cybersecurity

EPA takes the pain out of patching

Automated approach lets agency spread security patches far and wide .

People

Circuit

Bates goes Topside. Omnibus again? Weather or not. Pitching in. Return to sender.

Digital Government

Take 2

Clarifications.

Modernization

GAO tells TSA to wire up

The Transportation Security Administration must provide high-speed connections to all airports so employees can complete online courses, congressional auditors say.

People

NSF to fund digital government

The National Science Foundation will award up to $12 million in fiscal 2006 for research related to digital government, universal access and digital libraries.

People

Fixing the retirement system

OPM in a race against time.

People

IRMCO honors tech work

CIO Council and Interagency Resources Management Conference officials announced annual awards for the best IT work in government.

People

Comings and goings

News about Robert Garrity Jr., Phillip Bond, Mark Boster, Amy Vaccari, Bob Golas, Jeffrey Dodson and Rob Bongiovi.

People

OPM asks health providers for IT plans

Office of Personnel Management officials want companies that provide health coverage for federal employees to convert to electronic health records.

Cybersecurity

Avoiding a cyber Pearl Harbor

The House subcommittee in charge of cybersecurity approved a bill that would create a more powerful cybersecurity chief at DHS.

Acquisition

Feds score largest SmartBuy

An enterprise licensing agreement with Oracle is the initiative's biggest deal to date.

People

OMB: Show business benefits of architecture

Agencies will throw money at enterprise architects when they demonstrate success in mission support, said OMB's chief architect.

People

Never too late to improve ERP

Maximize, consolidate, simplify.

People

Mining for information

Stanford-based CIO studies how to retrieve research data.

People

No silver bullets

Initial DOD RFID hype gets tempered by reality.