Digital Government
Mississippi starts integration pilot for public safety records
The state also hopes to start rolling out computer-added emergency dispatch.
People
SEVIS fee coming
Foreign students will have to pay $100 to register in the Homeland Security Department's system.
People
GAO calls for Deepwater acquisition updates
Congress will have a hard time determining annual funding levels for the Coast Guard's Deepwater project without an up-to-date acquisition schedule, GAO officials say.
People
House staffer defends e-gov funding
Robert Dix accused Congressional appropriators of being shortsighted.
People
Commission proposes e-voting options
Independent experts and permanent advisory panels are among the recommendations in a new report on the security of e-voting systems.
People
GAO: Net-centric war needs better integration
Defense technologies need integration work and upgrades to perform at expected levels, the General Accounting Office says.
Cybersecurity
NIST aims to ease XP security setup
The draft of SP 800-68 has recommendations and checklists for Windows XP security.
Modernization
OMB’s advice: Communicate and innovate
For President Bush, effective implementation of e-government is critical to making government more responsive and cost-effective. And the Office of Management and Budget’s e-government initiatives are the most visible manifestation of the government’s cross-agency efforts.
Modernization
Science.gov’s party project
How do you get 17 organizations to collaborate on a single search engine? Run the project like a potluck party, according to Eleanor Frierson.
Modernization
Safecom's critical point
One of the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 high-profile e-government projects, Project Safecom has had four different management teams under three different agencies since it was launched in 2002.
Modernization
Working Across Agencies: Cross-agency work gets virtual
Among OMB’s 25 e-government initiatives, those that have fared well to date have developed the proper management structure to promote collaboration, the General Accounting Office has said. But cross-agency work hinges on building the right management structure to make collaboration happen, a task overseen by <b>OMB's portfolio team</b>. GCN Management looks under the hood of agency collaboration.<@SM><@SM><@SM>
Modernization
FBI to phase in case file system
FBI CIO Zalmai Azmi has taken the reins of an IT operation that is restructuring one of the most ambitious systems procurements in the federal government: the Trilogy system’s Virtual Case File case management system.
People
From CIO to CFO at ATF
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has moved Marguerite Moccia from chief information officer to chief financial officer.
Modernization
Interoperability: good locally, bad on a bigger scale
A survey indicates that interoperable communications have improved within cities, but remain problematic with state and federal agencies.
Cybersecurity
Malicious server halted
A Russian site that had been downloading code to steal information from users has apparently been shut down.
Acquisition
Three-way satellite picture
DigitalGlobe, Space Imaging and OrbImage each won part of a U.S. Geological Survey contract for satellite imagery.
People
Border UAVs take off
DHS officials started flying robotic aircraft to monitor the southwest border.
Digital Government