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
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.
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.
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