Digital Government
Report: IRS can't access security data
A software problem prevents users from querying the system that tracks when IRS financial data is accessed.
Digital Government
Labor unions tussle with NASA
The engineers' union estimates that one in five NASA civil servants could be affected by a management change.
Digital Government
Stenbit joins ViaSat
The Defense Department's former chief information officer is joining the board of directors for ViaSat.
Digital Government
Input: Money coming for smart transport
Intelligent transportation will fuel much of an expected increase in dollars for local transportation.
People
An off-track report
The Electronic Records Policy Working Group's recent report is muddled and flawed, columnist Timothy Sprehe says.
Modernization
Squeezing more capacity out of WANs
Bandwidth optimization products boost network performance
Modernization
Net-centric approach creates a software challenge
As the Defense Department gears its networks for greater use, its software needs also are changing.
People
TSA launches Secure Flight
The new system replaces the controversial CAPPS II program for screening air travelers.
Modernization
Spectra Logic targets fed market
The developer of data storage products has a new division devoted to the federal government.
Digital Government
Apogen leader takes leave
Bobby Savoie has taken an indefinite leave of absence, according to a New Orleans newspaper.
Modernization
Agencies get out of the box
Mark Carney calls the core financial system the Education Department tried to install in 1999 a “stinker.” The agency’s chief financial officer quickly grew tired of the configuration issues as well as arduous and complex testing processes. Education’s decision to move to Oracle—one of six commercial software systems approved for federal use by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program—represents a trend: Agencies are changing their business practices to meet the software’s capabilities instead of customizing software to conform to their own procedures.<@SM><@SM>
Cybersecurity
OMB unveils FISMA how-to
Final instructions were given to federal agencies for filing mandatory reports on their systems security efforts in 2004.
People