Modernization
Tibbits will head DOD financial revamp
The Defense Department has appointed Dr. Paul A. Tibbits as director of one of the department’s largest modernization programs.
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Project Safecom going nowhere fast, GAO says
A government initiative to improve communications among first responders at the federal, state and local levels “has made very limited progress,” the General Accounting Office contends.
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Stenbit advises Cryptek
John Stenbit, former CIO for the Defense Department, joined network security firm Cryptek's board of advisors.
Modernization
OASIS tackles modular documentation
A Web services standards body wants to make technical documents modular so they will be easier to update and reuse.
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DHS funds think tank
Analytic Services has been hired to run the Homeland Security Institute.
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BMC2 award coming soon
Industry officials expect that Air Force officials will soon issue a request for proposals for the Battle Management Command and Control system.
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DOD hires modernization boss
The Defense Department named Paul Tibbits director of the Business Modernization and Systems Integration Program Office.
Digital Government
More smart card standards, please
That's what officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say.
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FEMA to test continuity plans
An exercise next month will show well 45 federal departments and agencies fare with their continuity of operations plans.
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DHS alert closes router holes
Using the National Cyber Alert System, DHS officials warned Internet backbone operators of newly found vulnerabilities.
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New system to speed benefits process
Social Security Administration expects to cut by 100 days the waiting period for individuals who apply for disability benefits once its new electronic claims system is finished in 2005.
Digital Government
Texas center encrypts with NeoScale
The University of Texas Health Science Center spent $400,000 for a NeoScale system to encrypt and store data.
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IRS wants culture change
An official says the agency's IT personnel must learn to deal with the public.
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IRS proves its mettle in record e-file season
The IRS successfully handled a record volume of electronically filed tax returns and managed to identify problems early and fix them.
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Report says federal tech spending will grow slowly
New forecast says federal information technology spending will reach $80.7 billion in fiscal 2009. <@SM>
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DHS needs asset info
A national inventory of critical homeland security assets remains incomplete, but more money or personnel wouldn't speed up the process, an official said.
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Contracts planned for ERA design
Federal officials expect to award two contracts by early fall for the design phase of the Electronic Records Archives.
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Ridge, Powell back extensions of biometric passport deadline
The two secretaries urged Congress to give visa-waiver countries more time to build biometric features into their passports.
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White House to e-gov vendors: Give us your best
Officials presented their visions for common e-gov solutions in the financial management, grants management and human relations business lines
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