Modernization
CES: Hot smartphones, Bluetooth
New handhelds and Bluetooth headsets stood out at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Cybersecurity
Mind your own business
The best way to safeguard personal information? Don't collect it.
Modernization
Utility legacies get updates
An Arizona electric co-op and a Wisconsin natural gas company are using Innoprise Software's applications to upgrade legacy systems.
Modernization
Washington starts e-learning
The state's new network uses a fully hosted system provided by GeoLearning.
Cybersecurity
It's time for feds to share their ideas
For cybersecurity, information sharing must be a two-way street.
Modernization
Develop, license, repeat
Government should make a business of distributing open-source software.
People
OPM chief to leave
Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James became the latest Bush administration official to announce her resignation, effective Jan. 31.
People
Importance of exuberance
Exuberance is the defining quality of great scientists, statesmen and managers
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DOD group digs into geospatial data issues
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to standardize and improve the sharing of geospatial information across Defense Department, intelligence and homeland security agencies.
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VA and DOD make strides in health IT
If a 747 airliner crashed every week for a year, the fatalities would still be a fraction of the number of people who die annually from medical mistakes.
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OMB requires use of approved PKI vendors
The Office of Management and Budget is requiring agencies to use one of three approved shared-service providers for public-key infrastructure and electronic-signature services.
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GSA to charge fee to access buying data via the Web
The General Services Administration late last month set a one-time fee of $2,500 for vendors and the public to receive a direct, continuous Web feed from the new Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation.
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Education report finds technology a boon for schools
The Education Department said the use of technology in schools is beginning to show results, driven by tech-savvy students.
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CFOs get their own Web site for metrics
Need to figure out how a government program measures up financially?
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IG says IRS needs better systems testing
Because the IRS did not adequately track systems requirements when it tested the initial release of a taxpayer accounts data warehouse, it did not release Version 1 for fear the system might not function as planned, according to a new inspector general report.
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Cost pressures speed back-office consolidations
Tight budgets will accelerate back-office systems consolidations this year.
Cybersecurity
GAO calls for security strategy
Officials say the committee in charge of coordinating protection of fed facilities needs a strategic plan.
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