People

$11B proposed for homeland tech

According to Input, the money would be spent in the transportation, border and port security sectors.

People

Senate blasts DHS funding plan

Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee worry their states will lose DHS dollars.

People

Senate IT plan complete

It will be posted on the Senate intranet by March 10, the Senate CIO says.

People

Army shares bomb data

The 18th Airborne Corps can use notebook PCs in the field to get information about improvised explosive devices.

People

Big changes unlikely for biz cases

Exhibit 300 forms for this year will be largely unchanged, an official says.

People

Group studies infrastructure security

A consortium of 24 cybersecurity organizations is researching ways to protect systems that control critical infrastructures.

People

Army graduates tech workers

A dozen people recently graduated from the Army Knowledge Leaders Program.

People

GSA assessing charge card contractors’ security policies

GSA will review the security policies of the SmartPay contractors after Bank of America revealed it lost the records of 1.2 million federal employees.

People

OMB to study consolidation of IT security functions

OMB will investigate whether some federal IT security functions could be provided centrally by agencies or commercial vendors.

People

House panel to probe FBI case file system

The head of the House subcommittee with oversight of the FBI’s budget has launched an investigation into the bureau’s troubled Virtual Case Files program.

Digital Government

Global Secure buys health IT firm

Virtual Alert was purchased for $20 million in cash and stock.

Modernization

IT security gets physical

A steady beat of advances in information technology and miniaturization is sparking dramatic changes in how government handles physical security requirements.

People

DOJ readies regional exchange

The pilot of the Regional Data Exchange will start in six months, the Justice CIO says.

Modernization

Justice extends WordPerfect

The Justice Department signed a two-year contract with Corel for 50,000 licenses.

Modernization

Alliant draft RFPs scheduled for release

The GSA will release the draft request for proposals by March 31 for its new Alliant and Alliant small business governmentwide acquisition contracts.<@SM>

Digital Government

Circuit

DHS merger. Connect dots. Ustad awards. An obit for Roger Johnson.

Digital Government

Motola: A step beyond modeling

Experts are focusing on how to take architectures to the next level

People

Security on demand

New technology tools come to the high-stakes world of special-event security

Digital Government

On the circuit

Tidbits about Joe Kampf, Frank Islam, John Nyland and Shiv Krishnan.