Digital Government
Wojciak to lead Reform staff
Melissa Wojciak was named staff director for the Government Reform Committee.
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Cyber Alert system catches on
The signup site for the National Cyber Security Alert System has captured public attention.
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Bush to seek $274M for biosurveillance
The integrated initiative would develop a national data collection and analysis system for identifying bioterrorism and disease outbreaks.
Acquisition
McDonald Bradley joins EPA ITS-ESE team
The company will provide advanced XML development, semantic Web technology and data visualization support.
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Fla. police radio in the home stretch
Florida's Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System is entering its final phase to provide a single communications network for 13 agencies.
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Congress questions US-VISIT
Lawmakers wondered about the effectiveness of a visitor tracking system with scattered watch lists and no system yet for recording exits.
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Harvey urged to stay in touch
Lawmakers urged the man slated to lead the military's IT programs to keep a close relationship with Congress.
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OPM gets to green on e-gov rating
The Office of Personnel Management has done what only one other agency has accomplished: reached e-government nirvana.
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More time needed to test software
Agencies are having a hard time meeting some of OMB's deadlines for migrating to e-government projects.<br>
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Harvard honors government’s best and brightest
Ten federal programs were among the 50 best and brightest government projects named today as semifinalists for Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government awards for innovation.<br><@SM>
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OMB eyes architecture practices
Officials are examining how well agencies use the federal enterprise architecture to guide IT investments.
Acquisition
SARA rules still taking shape
Procurement experts are waiting to see what regulations will be created to implement the Services Acquisition Reform Act.
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Viisage to develop face recognition for visas
The State Department hired Viisage to provide identity solutions for up to 15 million applicants received each year for the Diversity Visa Program.
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House tries to keep NASA brains
The NASA Flexibility Act of 2003 is designed to stem an expected exodus of talent from the space agency.
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Ohio creates CIO post
Greg Jackson was named state Chief Information Officer to oversee Ohio's new Office of Information Technology.
Digital Government
Symantec checks FISMA compliance
Symantec's policy compliance software now has a module specifically designed for the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002.
Cybersecurity
DHS rolls out cyberalerts
The Homeland Security Department today unveiled a National Cyber Alert System to warn computer users of viruses and other Internet-borne attacks.
Cybersecurity
Davis backs FISMA
The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 has the right ideas, but the difficulty is carrying them out, Rep. Tom Davis says.
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General Dynamics hires Baker
Roger Baker will be the company's vice president of federal civilian operations.
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