People

Grams balances budget scales

IRS CIO says the tax agency's budget shouldn’t be viewed as an internal competition for dollars between enforcement and modernization.

People

GAO pushes for bomb detector study

Transportation officials need to make a better case for funding bomb detection installation projects, congressional auditors say in a new report.

Acquisition

House ponders GSA overhaul

Members of Congress probed General Services Administration officials today on plans to merge FTS and FSS.

Cybersecurity

FISMA tightens criteria

Federal agencies will encounter tougher security grading standards next year.

People

IRS board urges modernization increase

The IRS Oversight Board says the Internal Revenue Service's modernization effort needs more money.

People

Web satisfaction dips

Federal sites with declining satisfaction outnumbered those with rising scores.

Modernization

IBM, Sun unveil utility computing services

IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have launched on-demand computing services where customers submit work to the companies and pay by the computer cycle used.

Modernization

Boost IRS funding to avoid system collapse, Oversight Board says

Funding for agency business systems modernization should be significantly higher to avoid a catastrophic collapse of archaic legacy systems, according to a new report.

Digital Government

GTSI starts loan unit

The reseller now has subsidiary with financing for its customers.

People

E-filing surges

IRS commissioner says the majority of individual returns in 2005 will be filed electronically.

People

TSA awards explosive contracts

Siemens, GE and L-3 will maintain explosive detection and explosive trace detection machines.

Modernization

DHS to use MetaCarta

The company's application mines data for geographic references.

Digital Government

Editorial: We’ve come a long way

When it comes to telework, technology has improved the way we do so many tasks.

People

HR service centers on the move

Agency human resources systems came one step closer to obsolescence with the appointment of an 11-member board.

People

Senate lays out its first IT strategy

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Modernization

Qwest to extend Energy net

The five-year deal continues Qwest’s support of the Energy Sciences Network run by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

People

DHS alumni get jobs

Asa Hutchinson, Patrick Hughes, Jack Johnson and Stewart Verdery have found new jobs.

Modernization

Chicago studies Wi-Fi

The city's CIO says building a municipal Wi-Fi structure would require about 7,500 antennas on light poles.

Modernization

Army to issue RFP for ITES-2S contract later this month

The Army is expected to release a request for proposals for its $20 billion IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract by the end of the month.

Cybersecurity

Report seeks classification guidance

A new document co-written by a DARPA official calls for new federal guidelines that balance the need for greater security with society’s need for openness.