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.

People

White: Driving performance

How are our e-government efforts doing overall?

People

TSA advances TWIC program

200,000 transportation workers get cards

Modernization

Army finds a new way to pay bills

Managing money with software off the shelf.

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

Reichelt leaves GSA

Karl Reichelt, chief of staff and interim chief acquisition officer at the General Services Administration, will "pursue an exciting new job opportunity beyond government."