People
Comings and goings
Rep. James Greenwood. Rick Marcotte. Dexter Ingram. Wendy Rosen. Doug Clark.
Digital Government
Intercepts
IT budget cuts. DFAS updates. New comptroller. Stratcom hires CSC. NetCents team.
Digital Government
Feds launch bioinformatics centers
Institute contracts for databases and portals to compile info on diseases
Digital Government
FBI picks 10 firms for tech support project
FBI officials recently issued the first operations and maintenance task orders for their Technical Support and Development Project.
Acquisition
Murphy: A high cost for public data
GSA officials are using the A-76 outsourcing program to insulate the agency and the taxpayer-funded procurement data center from public scrutiny.
Modernization
Cleaning up the clutter
Agencies find storage consolidation an indispensable IT housekeeping task
Digital Government
Where livestock roam
Agriculture Department begins work on national animal ID system
Modernization
Los Alamos deploys shared storage system
Panasas will supply storage to three Linux clusters, which perform nuclear weapons test simulations.
People
Words of advice
Define requirements. Don't reinvent the wheel. Know your applications. Test everything. Roll out in phases. Think security. Back it up.
Digital Government
Feds up the ante on supercomputing
Announcements from NASA and the Navy underscore the government's resurgent interest.
People
Feds see red over OMB scoring
Some feds say they've had enough of OMB's quarterly evaluations of agency progress on the President's Management Agenda.
Cybersecurity
A trail of mishaps
Los Alamos National Laboratory has a history of security lapses involving classified removable electronic media.
Digital Government
E-records vital to health strategy
IT czar plans campaign against paperbound medical records
Cybersecurity
Johns Hopkins leads in cyber education
Johns Hopkins is a model for colleges and universities in the area of cybersecurity and information technology education.
People
GAO: Money watchdogs need central database
Financial regulators need a cross-industry database for keeping track of enforcement actions, Government Accountability Office officials said.
Modernization
GAO issues financial management system checklist
Checklist designed to help agencies meet federal financial system requirements.
People
Protecting the infrastructure
IT workers must be better trained and educated to help protect the nation's infrastructure, experts and lawmakers say.
Modernization
SRA wins EPA deal
SRA International Inc. won a blanket purchase agreement for information technology services.
Cybersecurity