People

ATF appoints new CIO

Gregg Bailey will lead the IT functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

People

Calif. mandates voter trails by 2006

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that will require the state's electronic voting machines to produce a voter verifiable paper trail.

People

Federal Webmasters get online kit

Webcontent.gov will go live on Sept. 29.

People

US-VISIT expands to visa waivers

Visitors from visa waiver countries soon will have to through the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program.

Modernization

State uses netForensic

The State Department will implement the nFX security information management platform as part of the Global Situational Awareness Fusion Environment program.

People

SEC to make online authentication more stringent

“We’re looking at implementing a new authentication system to prevent people from fraudulently filing,” SEC chief security officer Chrisan Herrod says.

Digital Government

Cutting in line

Companies that offer wireless priority service.

Acquisition

GSA picks hotel system vendor

CW Government Travel will manage the Federal Premier Lodging Program.

People

GAO finds flaws in ERA acquisitions

But planning for the Electronic Records Archives' staffing, enterprise architecture and information security is on track, GAO says.

People

Comings and goings

David Drabkin, Tom Sisti, Joseph Kehoe, Theresa Urban, Anne Budowski and Martin Kearney.

Digital Government

SRA gets FDIC contract

SRA International Inc. will provide information technology services to support the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Modernization

DOD's GIG-BE readies for prime time

DISA's Raduege says initiative will benefit troops in Iraq, Afghanistan

People

Online Extra: USDA secretary makes e-gov's case to Congress

With a portion of their funding for e-government initiatives at risk, Agriculture Department secretary Ann M. Veneman took the unusual step of taking her agency’s case directly to Congress.

People

Setting the stage for RFID

DOD to use radio technology at two distribution centers

Digital Government

Paying the bills

Agency officials should carefully examine their bills for wireless services, according to some experts.

People

JSTARS flies online

The Air Force will try to connect to the Internet using communications first developed at the dawn of the last century.

Digital Government

CDC creates emergency center

The Marcus Emergency Operations Center bought 229 Dell computers for a system that tracks and responds to disease outbreaks and other health emergencies.

Modernization

Online Extra: Algorithms are the engines of data mining

At the core of many data-mining tools are the algorithms, or sets of rules, that the apps use to winnow data and select useful information.

Digital Government

Intercepts

JITC, TOTs, net-centric gang, cyber security awareness, JTRS, FTS 2000.

Digital Government

Circuit

False rumors, CIA revamp, electronic signatures, NASA commercials.