People

Online, Michigan is #1

Michigan claimed the top spot for its use of e-government in a new survey of states released by the Center for Digital Government.

People

Eight years later, CIOs search for their place

In the eight years since the creation of the federal CIO position, the role remains in a state of flux.

Digital Government

Giving health care technology a boost

Feds must convince hospitals to use new standards.

People

DHS looking for communications gaps

DHS officials plan to solicit bids for a nationwide evaluation of public safety wireless communications.

Digital Government

Intercepts

Dawn Meyerriecks; OIF; QSS; data flights; relay sites; computer counselors; iPods.

People

7 steps to a storage assessment

Find a sponsor; get support; scope out high-level needs; assess the as-is state; envision the to-be environment; analyze the gap; generate recommendations.

People

A toll for federal data?

Analysts decry new costs to access outsourced procurement database

Digital Government

the Pipeline

New products from Groove, Siemens, FileNet, Expert Choice, HandySoft, MobileAccess and Foundstone.

People

Agencies keep assistive tech at forefront

New ways to help disabled federal workers do their jobs

Modernization

Technology fuels information sharing

Groove Networks facilitates collaboration between DHS and state agencies

Digital Government

Closing on Defense cuts

Both the House and Senate propose cuts in defense spending.

Digital Government

Arizona expands use of ImageWare biometric system

The Arizona Public Safety Department has awarded a new contract to ImageWare Systems Inc. to expand Arizona's use of the IWS Biometric Engine.

People

Who should do your assessment?

Agencies lacking resources may be better off retaining a storage consultant to do the job.

Modernization

Split personality

Virtualization software turns one server into many, promising mainframe-like perks.

People

Secure e-voting? Not this year, experts say

Electronic voting errors are inevitable regardless of the technology, experts last week told a House panel that is grappling with election accuracy and security worries.

Digital Government

Committee debates animal IDs

Should livestock herders be forced to take part in a national animal ID system? Lawmakers and agency officials disagreed.

People

FBI hires 10 for tech services

The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a potential value of $42.5 million.

People

Swiss get e-gov framework

Switzerland adopted its first e-government enterprise architecture to ensure that new systems are designed with interoperability as a top priority.

Cybersecurity

Inspector general: DHS' cybersecurity efforts only partly successful

Many operational aspects remain unclear and incomplete, the inspector general says.

Cybersecurity

Energy halts use of classified discs, drives

The department's secretary ordered all Energy operations using controlled removable electronic media to stop until media protection procedures improve.