People
DHS can improve, experts say
The Homeland Security Department should restructure management, experts tell a Senate committee.
Digital Government
House scrutinizes tsunami warnings
House Science Committee members questioned tsunami experts today about the Bush administration's proposed tsunami warning plan, which is estimated to cost $37.5 million.
People
Student aid drops off risk list
But the IRS modernization effort remains a high-risk program, in the eyes of the Government Accountability Office.
People
DHS changes personnel rules
Unions say they will sue to stop the implementation of new DHS regulations that make raises contingent on performance and reduce collective bargaining situations.
People
Air Force to set data warehouse policy
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper will issue a policy with guidelines and a deadline to start distributing information into the service's data warehouse.
People
Loy replacement picked
President Bush plans to nominate Michael Jackson, former deputy secretary for transportation, as DHS second-in-command.
People
Sharing leads GAO risk list
Cross-government information sharing for homeland security tops the list of four new federal efforts at high risk of failure, GAO says.
People
GAO highlights Pentagon shortcomings
The Defense Department accounts for eight of 30 programs cited by Congressional auditors as susceptible to waste, fraud and mismanagement.
Cybersecurity
Clearance gets easier
A little-noticed provision in the new intelligence law provides reciprocity for contractors who have clearances at one agency.
Digital Government
D.C. firm ready to e-cycle
Liquidity Services, one of eight firms that won IT recycling GWACs, says it will shoulder the immediate costs of recycling agencies' electronic equipment.
Modernization
OMB ponders Air Force's Microsoft setup
Karen Evans is thinking about using the Air Force's Microsoft configuration governmentwide.
People
CMS to track Medicare drug benefit costs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to build an efficient framework to track seniors’ out-of-pocket expenses under Medicare’s new drug benefit. <@SM>
Acquisition
HUD splits HITS
The protests are over. Both contractors win, with each getting half of the $800 million contract.
People
House adopts new DHS oversight regime
A temporary select House committe became permanent this month.
Digital Government
thePipeline
A roundup of interesting products from the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show.
Digital Government
Circuit
Cyber forecasts. Caution online. Helping hands. Amber alerts. 20/20 vision.
People
TSA solicits Secure Flight ideas
However, TSA cannot begin testing an ID verification system that uses private databases until GAO evaluates the impact of Secure Flight on aviation security.
Cybersecurity