Cybersecurity

Pentagon seeks spyware fighter

Stratcom announced plans to buy a spyware protection system for the military and Coast Guard.

Digital Government

Federal Computer Week: Site Map

See what's in the March 14, 2005 issue.

Cybersecurity

Deal to set government security standard

Plan would use Air Force model to determine Microsoft configurations.

People

Agencies resist changes to Exhibit 300s

Officials rely on business case data.

Acquisition

Learning curve

Integrators get up-to-speed on performance-based contracting.

Modernization

Web site sleuths

Monitoring software helps agencies keep tabs on Web sites and more.

People

Microsoft groovy for homeland IT

The software giant's acquisition of Groove Networks could be a boost for collaboration products in the homeland security market.

People

Committee calls for VA tech cut

The House Veterans Affairs Committee is recommending a $400 million cut in the VA's proposed IT budget for 2006.

Modernization

Application protection

Teros security gateway prevents attacks on applications.

People

Virtual office is gaining steam

Are federal office buildings the best places to get the job done?

People

Hobbs: Be persistent about money

Getting IT funds can take years of effort, the Treasury CIO says.

People

Cheyenne center upgrade complete

Military officials earlier this month turned on the new command center in Cheyenne Mountain facility.

People

Lorentz joins FSG

Former chief technology officer at the Office of Management and Budget becomes new senior managing director

People

Social Security sees tech future

SSA officials expect IT to help them handle a large wave of Baby Boomer retirements.

People

New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan

The debate over specifications for federal and contractor employee identification cards did not end with the Commerce Department’s release of the Personal Identity Verification standard late last month. Locked in a small room somewhere are federal and industry experts discussing technical details for biometrics, card interfaces and encryption requirements.

People

FBI misses terror info

The FBI database is not always synchronized with state counterterrorist databases, a report says.

People

NASA offers buyouts

Ames Research Center could lay off a third of employees, including many IT workers.

People

Green goes beyond accounting

The financial performance initiative is about making sure that managers are using financial data to make better decisions, Danny Werfel said.

People

GAO urges agroterror coordination

Management problems among the Agriculture and DHS hamper their ability to respond quickly to disease outbreaks, GAO says.

People

Committee approves review bill

Legislation requiring performance reviews of federal programs every five years took one step forward in Congress.