People

Energy lab readies for Solaris 10

A global collaboration grid at an Energy Department laboratory will lean on hardware from Sun Microsystems Inc. and the company’s new Solaris 10 operating system to allow data sharing across multiple levels of security and confidentiality.

Modernization

Manage your project portfolio your way

Say you’re an agency competing for millions of dollars in project funding.

People

CIO Council group lists ways to improve e-records management

OMB and NARA need to improve accountability and managerial support, and create an advisory board to enhance management of e=-ecords, a report said.

Modernization

The life & times of data

The Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command faced an age-old problem: The amount of data it needed to keep was growing faster than the storage system designed to hold it.

Modernization

NMCI delays EDS earnings again

Auditors say they are still evaluating the write-down of assets related to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.

People

NARA proposes mail discards

Records officials want to let agencies delete routine e-mail messages without requiring permanent copies.

People

Some e-voting problems seen

New electronic voting machines appear to operate smoothly with the exception of a few glitches.

Modernization

Army fields net-centric system now

Officials aren't waiting for the 2008 WIN-T release

People

CIO wants to move TSA beyond start-up mode

David Zeppieri, the Transportation Security Administration's new chief information officer, is a man of transition.

People

Navy details ForceNet future

The Navy will publish IT standards, processes and capabilities for command and control.

Cybersecurity

Postal Service prized for privacy

USPS' chief privacy officer was cited for her role in developing the agency's privacy impact assessment tool.

People

Standardizing terror data

Officials to assign stewardship over a core set of Extensible Markup Language standards.

Digital Government

Group pushes informed travel

An advocacy group is pushing for a national automobile tracking system.

People

E-voting smooth in Md.

Officials say except for a few hiccups, electronic voting machines seem to be working well in Maryland.

Modernization

Afghan data network may launch

The initiative could provide great rewards, the Defense Department's acting CIO said.

People

Electronic voting: A winner or a loser? Still too close to call

Early balloting on electronic-voting machines appears to be going smoothly despite widespread concerns about security and accountability.<@SM>

Modernization

Air Force taps Microsoft setup help

Air Force officials want Microsoft's help in achieving standard software configurations.

Digital Government

Oracle sweetens PeopleSoft offer

Stockholders of PeopleSoft being offered $24 per share.

People

OMB vendor support may merge

A new e-government support contract includes an option for enterprise architecture work.

People

Dems accuse Bush of politicizing audits

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says President Bush keeps picking inspectors general with political backgrounds.