Digital Government

Letters

Readers sound off on satellite telework, vendor nationalities, DOD projects and small business size standards.

People

Helping everybody get along

New homeland security system will create the framework for emergency response

People

From boomtown to business as usual

Agencies, vendors adjust to slower homeland security growth

Acquisition

Nadler: Giving small companies a chance

A new SBA rule seeks to ensure compliance with subcontracting goals.

Modernization

Group pushes informed travel

Some transportation groups are pushing for a national vehicle tracking system that would gather road information and disseminate the data to drivers.

Modernization

Yoran: Feds, companies should continue infrastructure discussions

Many questions about the government's capability and authority to control cyberspace remain unanswered, said the former cybersecurity czar.

People

County officials urge ongoing intergovernmental cooperation

Cooperation across all levels of government is necessary for homeland security, officials said.

Modernization

Bush demands spectrum plans

The President wants agencies to develop ways to use technologies dependent on the radio spectrum.

People

DHS grant time extended

State and local governments will have almost four months instead of five days to use money from DHS' fiscal 2005 grants.

Acquisition

Input says: Fed IT deals up 60 percent

Defense agencies were the primary reason for the increase, the market research firm says.

People

US-VISIT sticks with Cogent

The company won a $20 million contract to continue as a subcontractor on the visitor tracking system.

Cybersecurity

Dix leaves IT subcommittee

Citadel Security hired congressional staffer Bob Dix to be the company's vice president of government affairs and corporate development.

Cybersecurity

Indian Trust injunction removed

But an appeals court said the judge for the case does have the authority to tell Interior to disconnect from the Internet.

People

Army orders more bomb jammers

EDO will get $7.9 million to build more devices designed to jam signals for roadside bombs.

People

Thompson: 'Drive technology'

Tommy Thompson resigned as secretary of Health and Human Services and cited an emphasis on health IT as a hallmark of his tenure.

People

Navy seeks wireless input

The Navy CIO is developing identity management guidelines for wireless networks.

People

Ronen to depart ACT/IAC

Search is on to find new executive director, as Ronen departs after one-and-a-half-year tenure.

Modernization

Gateway PC sells silence

The company's E-6300 desktop uses larger, quieter cooling fans and space for fast, hot processors.

People

House ponders crisis system

Officials want information on systems that would account for personnel during evacuations and crisis situations.

People

Tracking architectural benefits

GAO officials are looking at ways agencies can measure the effects of enterprise architecture.