Cybersecurity

Feds map risks of GIS

Guidelines seek balance between security, access

People

When Irish eyes are sharing

Irish officials are allowing agencies to share information while ensuring that they retain their autonomy by using a central Web portal for citizen services.

People

Better with age

PBGC taps maturing Web services for online filing application

Modernization

The relaunch of Peregrine

Maker of asset management software has new focus, solutions

Digital Government

Lessons learned

Irish officials learned a few lessons during the pilot test of the Interagency Messaging Service.

People

Citizens want to help fight terrorism

Justice Department and FBI officials urged the public last week to be vigilant as credible intelligence revealed al Qaeda is planning strikes in the United States this summer.

Digital Government

Circuit

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Digital Government

Charging problems

A recent report by the General Accounting Office found that there are continuing problems with how government purchase cards are managed.

Cybersecurity

Plugging the holes in shipping

Federal, state and local officials work to secure ports

People

Military touts integration quintet

Accenture, BearingPoint, CSC, Deloitte and IBM won blanket purchase agreements for installing DOD's back-office software.

Cybersecurity

FDIC info security lacking, GAO finds

FDIC must establish controls and ensure information security receives enough attention, auditors said.

People

Survey finds older IT employees

Federal IT employees are an aging group that may need a boost in certain skills, a new report says.

Modernization

CA readies wireless management

The company's Wireless Site Management product provide managers with a central point from which to control the network.

People

NASA extends media archive deadline

But the space agency says there's been plenty of interest.

Digital Government

GAO finds widespread fed data mining

A General Accounting Office report reveals 52 federal agencies that use or plan to use data mining,

People

DHS solicits state IT demos

DHS seeks proposals from states, territories and others for innovative information technology demonstration projects around the country.

People

G-8 to use counterterror system

DHS has implemented its secure Internet-based counterterrorism communications system for this year's Group of Eight Summit in Georgia.

People

CACI faces potential debarment

But a watchdog group says that the attention is politically driven because of the Iraq prison abuse scandal.

People

Military IT faces cuts again

Congress again scolded the Defense Department about its management of business IT systems and policy.

Modernization

Defense committee urges data mining framework

Committee calls for a regulatory framework for all DOD data mining, a privacy officer and a panel of external advisers to identify and resolve privacy issues.<@SM>