Digital Government

Top 10 Web services threats

The most frequent techniques used to attack Web services

Acquisition

GSA refocuses SmartBuy

Governmentwide program now with sales group

Modernization

the Pipeline

Mad Max's PC; Securing the base; Follow me

Modernization

Securing XML

Emerging cadre of products attempt to block attacks, viruses

People

Taxman with a tough job

Todd Grams, IRS' CIO, tackles challenges of troubled agency

People

Lisagor: How to succeed in business

Develop a strategy that has clear and measurable objectives, columnist Michael Lisagor says.

Acquisition

How to build a happy relationship

Here are some tips for forming a successful mentor/protégé relationship

Digital Government

Letters to the editor

Lisagor gets it; Who's watching the watchdog?; Keep licensing simple; Defense infrastructure protection has gaps; Red tape hurts fed performance

People

Heavy lifting required

The FBI has had five chief information officers in the past two years and five chief architects in the past 16 months, according to officials at the General Accounting Office.

People

Wynn: Be prepared with contingencies

Guest columnist Jackie Mitchell Wynn says organizations should be able to survive a business interruption at code red.

People

Plug-and-play expertise

Army help-desk portal taps knowledge management tools to solve staff problems

Digital Government

Breaking up the backlog

Despite problems, SSA will accelerate deployment of electronic claims system

Digital Government

Intercepts

No offense, sir; Not so user-friendly; Methodical or ignorant; DOD: On the cutting edge

Digital Government

States succeed on cross-agency projects

Many statewide initiatives have developed structures spanning many entities.

Acquisition

Making it big with mentors

Small businesses grow under watchful eyes of mentors

Digital Government

The new face of biometrics

Identix integrating state-of-the-art skin and facial recognition technology

Digital Government

Group suggests corporate auditors for cybersecurity

Yearly security audits would help companies meet their responsibilities, said the co-chairman of a task force of experts.

Digital Government

The 411 on Section 843

Deidre Lee, the Defense Department's director of procurement and acquisition policy, suggested that Section 843 of the Defense Authorization Act would be overturned.

Digital Government

TSA smart card program makes headway

Agency to analyze potential costs

People

Firms primed for Navy center

Officials from the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va. awarded prime contractor status to 154 firms so they can compete for IT support deals worth a maximum total of $10 billion.