People

James: No place for bogus degrees

Agencies must ensure that employees and applicants are fully qualified, OPM's director says.

People

Anteon, Raytheon win Navy deal

The $726 million contract covers systems modernization support.

Digital Government

Knowing how it works

As the relationship between an agency's chief information officer and chief financial officer evolves, each official is finding the need to understand the duties of the other.

People

DOD plans Stinger tracker

Officials expect an electronic database and monitoring system for Stinger missiles to be in place by October.

People

DOD to use low-tech e-voting

The Postal Service?s Express Mail overnight service will be used to get paper ballots to deployed military personnel.

People

Not out of the woods yet

The Bush administration's e-government initiatives have yet to gain a broad audience, an FCW survey finds

People

McConnell: IT as more than an end

Columnist Bruce McConnell says Nicholas Carr's book overshoots the mark in several ways.

Digital Government

Payday

Among the National Academy of Public Administration's recommendations for a new federal pay system

Digital Government

Software assist

Contractors are turning to software companies that can help them navigate the federal procurement process.

Modernization

The Google connection

Mark Forman says that FCW's e-gov survey shows that people will use a commercial search engine such as Google to find government services.

People

NAPA: Pay for performance

A think tank says white-collar federal workers should be rewarded for good work instead of years of punching clocks.

People

CACI caught in Iraqi prison scandal

Questions raised about IT contract used for interrogators

People

Following award, US-VISIT kicks into high gear

DHS, Accenture begin work to meet program's aggressive timetable

People

DISA to develop IT standards

The Defense Information Systems Agency will oversee information technology standards for the military, according to new DOD policy.

Modernization

Army expands recruitment document management system

System upgrade will also enable the Army to better share data among offices and other military departments.

Digital Government

Seeking cuts

Both the House and Senate versions of the Defense Authorization bill propose cuts to the agency's information technology spending.

People

E-gov fellowship open for applications

The Council for Excellence in Government is taking applications for its fellowships.

Modernization

Best practices registry in development

Updated CIO Council Web site to include a best practices registry.<@SM>

Digital Government

Skills for the job

Federal agencies are facing a shortage of people who can lead their enterprise architecture efforts, in part because those positions require a mix of information technology and business skills.

Cybersecurity

NIST keeps publishing

NIST has to finish a report on recommended security controls by December 2005.