Cybersecurity

Secure Flight FOIA denial appealed

The Electronic Privacy Information Center wants a speedy release of documents on TSA's Secure Flight program that gathers passenger names.

Modernization

Doctors wanted for e-records

A nationwide system for electronic health records won't work unless small doctor's offices and physician groups adopt the technology, an HHS official says.

People

CIO Council posts application info

A solutions exchange on the council's site has descriptions of IT tools and best practices.

People

New passport rules to kick in

Border officials will soon require foreign visitors to have machine-readable passports or nonimmigrant visas.

Digital Government

NEC retakes supercomputer title

A machine built for the United Kingdom's meteorological office broke a processing speed record set by IBM last month.

Acquisition

Census plans $1.3B in contracts

The Census Bureau plans to award two contracts in October 2005 to create systems that will be used for the six-week process of collecting data for the 2010 census.

People

EPA opens wallet to get more states on data exchange

The Environmental Protection Agency is offering between $75,000 and $300,000 for state and tribal governments to join the Central Data Exchange.<@SM>

People

CACI sees 1Q growth

The government contractor reported a 73 percent increase in operating income from a year ago.

People

Trick or Treat

President Bush. President Kerry.

People

DOT e-learning ready to go

Officials expect to start rolling out the Web portion of DOT's Learning Management System in two weeks.

Modernization

IE alert issued

The alert from DHS recommends that users apply a software patch that Microsoft has released.

People

Privacy groups scrutinize anti-terror tech

Experts at a forum spoke about homeland security technology and civil liberties.

People

Study: Automated hiring increases applications

A paper from the Merit Systems Protection Board made several suggestions for improving automated hiring systems.

Modernization

NMCI to take on enterprise wireless

The Navy plans to add enterprise-based cellular data and voice services to the Navy Marine Marine Corps Intranet soon.

Modernization

Warner outlines Virginia communications plan

The proposal for interoperability sets out four high-level goals with corresponding initiatives and performance measures

Modernization

GAO counts 34 networks for homeland security

Two of them are being developed, and 32 are already running.

People

Air Force shifts to Global Combat Support System

Northrop Grumman won a $49.8 million deal to move the Air Force off an older system for weapons maintenance data.

Modernization

FCC seeks power over VOIP

The Federal Communications Communication wants to regular voice over Internet protocol service.

People

CIO Council to help with architecture changes

A council committee will share responsibility for updating the federal enterprise architecture's reference models.

People

Data reference model released

The Office of Management and Budget issued the first of four data reference volumes.