Acquisition
Performance basis
Feds urge greater use of performance-based contracts as success stories emerge
Modernization
Davis urges more Networx changes
General Services Administration officials can expect continued pressure from Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), who wants more changes in the sweeping Networx telecommunications contract.
People
Reshaping RSIS
Co-founder William Scott Amey and director Rudolph Baker have left RS Information Systems. Co-founder Rodney Hunt and director Ronald Trowbridge now own the systems integration firm.
Modernization
TSA uses e-learning as part of its culture
TSA uses Plateau Systems' e-Learning suite to track employee records, reporting, course-planning resources and job qualifications.
People
Afghanistan gets talking books
HHS delivered 2,000 interactive health education books for women in Afghanistan.
Digital Government
Intercepts
Gilligan's next voyage, Connelly sighting, Fourth-quarter champ, Three-letter attitude, Paper security, Wi-Fi, hooah! and E-forms coming
Modernization
Vendors push Wi-Fi intrusion detection
Cisco Systems, Full Mesh Networks secure wireless access points.
Cybersecurity
Still no cybersecurity czar
DHS officials opposed to idea, but proposal likely to surface again
People
Homeland Security's 2005 priorities
DHS CIO Steve Cooper explains the importance of the department's priorities.
Modernization
Treasury award protested
The telecom firm filed a protest against the Treasury Department's award to AT&T of a contract that could be worth up to $1 billion.
People
Marines put airtight security around data
Officials test encryption appliances to protect stored information
Acquisition
Kelman: Show off share-in-savings
Applications for about 45 share-in-savings projects await approval.
People
Sarbanes-Oxley descends on feds
Accounting regulations could be issued before the new year begins
People
Is your agency required to have a privacy officer?
In the fiscal 2005 omnibus appropriations bill, Congress may have whispered when it meant to roar in demanding that all agencies appoint chief privacy officers.
People
New NOAA information policy stirs debate
To what extent should agencies make their data available to the public, and how much should they rely on the private sector to do the job for them?
People
OMB names agencies as shared-services providers
The Office of Management and Budget has given two groups of agencies initial approval to become shared-services providers under the Lines-of-Business e-government initiative.
Modernization
Rochester upgrades 311
The nonemergency police call center now has a Motorola enterprise management system.
People