People
Expect electronic cargo seals
A customs and border official is cautiously optimistic that containers with tamper-evident electronic seals will be deployed in 2005.
Modernization
Hawaii charts with SmartDraw
The state's Department of Accounting and General Services chose SmartDraw business graphics software for mapping internal workflow processes.
People
Recreation reservation deal reopened
Three finalists for a deal to operate Recreation.gov's can resubmit proposals.
People
Tech drives Amber alerts
Officials noted the technology progress driving the Amber Alert network for missing children.
Digital Government
Cisco to buy Airespace
$450 million deal will help company accelerate delivery of future wireless technology.
People
GPO expands e-passport pool
Four more teams will provide computer chips for testing electronic passports, according to the Government Printing Office.
Modernization
Microsoft woos PeopleSoft users
Discounts are offered to PeopleSoft customers who switch to Microsoft.
Digital Government
Software AG to buy Sabratec
Software AG is buying a company that developed a legacy conversion tool that integrates apps written in legacy languages with contemporary, service-oriented architectures.
People
Patents boss to step down
Nicholas Godici will retire when his term as commissioner of patents ends in March.
People
IRS to require big businesses, charities to e-file
The IRS will require that the country’s largest companies and tax-exempt organizations electronically file their annual returns beginning next year. <@SM>
People
OMB gains new manager for g-to-g e-gov projects
Former Energy budget analyst Stacie Higgins is the new manager of the government-to-government Quicksilver portfolio and the governmentwide Grants Management effort.<@SM>
Modernization
OPM picks Integic products
The Enterprise Human Resources Integration initiative will use Integic's Electronic Official Personnel Folder and e.Power software.
People
New e-gov manager named
Stacie Higgins will oversee the government-to-government portfolio for OMB's e-gov office.
People
Former HHS info systems chief dies
Neil Stillman, the former head of information systems and communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, died on Saturday.
People
Keeping it private at DHS
Privacy advocates say the incoming secretary at DHS must form a good relationship with the agency's chief privacy officer.
People
Chertoff picked to lead DHS
President Bush today named federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff as his nominee to be the next Homeland Security Department secretary.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity czar call renewed
Congressional representatives are trying again to create a cybersecurity position within the Homeland Security Department's Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate.
Digital Government
Troux buys Computas
Troux Technologies is the new owner of Computas North America, the federal sector enterprise architecture software company.
Modernization