People

DHS seeks airborne lookout

Border intrusion-detection system would track vehicles in the air and on the ground.

People

NASA shrinks Ames Research Center

Back on Earth, budget cuts hit space studies.

People

CACI aids Navy logistics research

Systems intgrator leads center to apply commercial technology to logistics.

Modernization

Feds face more complex cyberattacks

Attacks and probes of government networks are becoming more sophisticated, and hackers may be looking for backdoors into vulnerable computers, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report.

Digital Government

Federal Computer Week: Site Map

Federal Computer Week: Site Map

Modernization

The search is on

Vendors apply speedy Web search techniques to desktop hard drives, raising security concerns.

Acquisition

New firm wants to advise agencies on IT buys

Before agency officials buy technology products and services, they must analyze what they need.

People

NIST offers HIPAA security guidance

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a new guide on securing health information.

Acquisition

Murphy: Fixing procurement counts

Lawmakers need quality data that will allow them to make informed decisions.

Modernization

Networx contract gets reworked

GSA delays RFP as a result of vendor complaints.

People

Survey: Fed IT workforce stable

OPM study finds no significant losses in technical workforce since last year.

Digital Government

Tsunami warning center on alert

Earthquake near Sumatra kicks warning system into high gear.

Digital Government

Health records just a click away

Alberta, Canada’s electronic health record system could provide lessons for U.S.

People

IG: TSA let down privacy guard

Policies were not enforced during the 2004 transfer of passenger data.

Modernization

Feds still value WordPerfect

Word processing software a good fit for legal, government work.

People

E-records research in jeopardy

Archivists campaign to keep money flowing to NARA's grant program.

People

Air Force IT office takes shape

The service's new IT organization will be separated into policy, operations and information divisions.

Modernization

Report: Cybersecurity regs would be tricky

Congressional Research Service says regulatory framework could build on Year 2000 model.

Modernization

For DOD, one in 1,048,000 is not unique enough

A math problem requires DOD to update 20 major logistics management systems that use RFID technology

Cybersecurity

GAO: SEC systems vulnerable to attack

GAO finds that the SEC's computer networks remain vulnerable to hacking because of a lack of a comprehensive security program.