Modernization
The real cost of open source
Do hiddencosts shortchange open-source software's appeal?
People
Interior's CIO fights fires
In response to agency's woes, W. Hord Tipton makes security issues a top priority.
People
Congress sheds sourcing limits
The fiscal 2005 spending bill passed by Congress does not measures to limit competitive sourcing.
Digital Government
Medicines to get RFID tags
FDA issues policy guidelines to boost use of tags on prescription drugs
People
Editorial: A good risk to take
It was refreshing to hear GAO officials suggest an imaginative and daring project.
Modernization
DOD orders common digital battlefield views
Military officials plan to create a single, integrated ground picture to improve communications and operations and minimize friendly fire incidents.
Cybersecurity
Security bosses feel patch pain
A survey finds patch management is the top concern of chief information security officers.
Cybersecurity
Military clearance office moves to OPM
More than 1,800 civilian personnel security investigators from the Pentagon's Defense Security Service will become employees of the Office of Personnel Management.
People
Web portal provides procurement advice
A new online resource will let agencies share acquisition best practices, and offer policy guidelines, tools, and education and training opportunities.
Modernization
Macromedia simplifies content control
Contribute 3 puts Web site updates in the hands of content producers
Digital Government
thePipeline
New products from Getac, Z Microsystems, PureEdge Solutions, Configuresoft, SMC Networks and Silex Technology America.
Modernization
Iraq-bound 3rd Infantry ready to share
Battlefield communications system will improve flow of warfighting data
Digital Government
Intercepts
The Gray Lady renames DISA. DOD RFID delays? The NMCI GCCS problem. The satellite genie.
People
Secure Flight critics want info
A GAO review of the passenger screening program hasn't been completed, skeptics say.
People
Democrats charge Bush politicized IG posts
President Bush has repeatedly chosen inspectors general with Republican political backgrounds, according to a report prepared for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)
Digital Government
Technologies will be taking stock
Key indicators would measure the nation's well-being
People