Modernization

Mission gap: A special report on the Homeland Security Department

Two years after coming into being, the Homeland Security Department is still under construction, a loose collection of agencies not bound by a common infrastructure. GCN focuses this report on the gaps in Homeland's bridge to domestic security, and its successes to date as well.

Modernization

Visualizing results

CIA's venture arm invests in data visualization tech

Cybersecurity

Congress antsy about TSA tech tests

Lawmakers: Agency needs to test less, implement more

Acquisition

Kelman: The Mayflower revisited

Anybody remember the Mayflower Compact?

Acquisition

GSA smartens up

The General Services Administration will issue more than 18,000 smart cards to its employees and contractors.

Digital Government

E911 speeds BART calls

Thanks to a computer-based 911 call management system, San Francisco public transportation authorities can process calls in less than four seconds.

Digital Government

Constant activity

The market for identity management solutions is growing as companies enter partnerships and offer a broader range of products.

Digital Government

Tracking the mail

When constituents mail letters to their representatives in Congress, the letters follow a circuitous path with many stops before they are finally delivered to a congressional office.

Digital Government

Congress views e-mail

Biohazards force members to view mail electronically

Digital Government

Engler leaves EDS

The ex-governor's resignation comes 18 months after he was brought in to build the company's state and local practice.

People

Tax agency cutting jobs

Many positions no longer needed, officials say, but unions plan to fight

Digital Government

Editorial: Time to apply a patch

A renewed debate about patch management has highlighted a flaw in federal officials' views on information security.

Digital Government

Davis: A champion for savings

Agencies began experimenting with the share-in-savings concept in the late 1990s, but Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, has been pushing to broaden its use.

People

ManTech wins Navy deal

The contract is potentially worth $49.8 million for the Naval Air Warfare Center.

People

Lisagor: Surviving reviews

Some people probably would rather watch paint dry rather than read about preparing Exhibit 300s for the Office of Management and Budget.

People

Army hits some bumps in the road

Funds for enterprise software licensing agreement get siphoned off

People

FBI's CIO is on the job all the time

Zalmai Azmi is shaping an old system into a seamless new one.

Modernization

IP videoconferencing toolbox

A well-equipped IP videoconferencing system requires a handful of key components

Digital Government

On the agenda

State chief information officers brought a number of issues before Congress during their annual visit to Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

People

Turner proposes database checks for visa-waiver visitors

The Democratic congressman says nonvisa travelers should be checked against terrorist databases before coming the United States.