Modernization
Pentagon Renovation goes forward
The building will get at least 700,000 miles of data lines over the next seven years.
People
Hardware coming for defense credentialing pilot
The military will distribute DCIS equipment to four companies.
People
Corpus Christi port buys security technology
Adesta will get $1.8 million to install cameras, software, sensors and an access control system linked on a fiber network.
People
Reclamation drops 'acting' from CIO's title
Randy Feuerstein is now the Bureau of Reclamation's CIO ? period.
People
GAO sees weak discipline of DOD purchase offenders
The Defense Department often does not take strong enough disciplinary action against abusers of purchase cards, the General Accounting Office officials say.
People
Lieberman blasts Bush on terrorist lists
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee says the administration is taking too long to merge watch lists.
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OMB wants 2004 to be a breakthrough year for e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to achieve "breakthrough performance," a top administrator says.<br>
Modernization
Portal X links foreign service
For the first time, the State Department is able to deliver information in virtual time to diplomats.
People
SF adopts crime mapping tool
Police in San Francisco use CrimeMAPS to plot crime data and filter it through geospatial layers.
People
GSA may overhaul suspension database
A proposed rule would create a Web-based Excluded Parties List System
Acquisition
VA aces Exhibit 300s
The Department of Veterans Affairs is the first to do so, its CIO says.
Digital Government
OMB to standardize FISMA guidance
Agencies will no longer have to submit full action plans and milestones on every system twice a year.
Digital Government
Agencies to get security scores
Representatives will release a report card grading agencies under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002.
People
Intelligence officials call for info-sharing organization
A federation or network of networks, is the cornerstone of the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing plan.
People
USC to study terrorism and economics
The university will get $12 million in federal funding to establish the first Center for Excellence under a Homeland Security program.
People
Utah eREP merges welfare systems
The Utah Cares is the first component of the state's Electronic Resource and Eligibility Product.
People
Entry/exit registration ended
Individuals tracked under the National Security Entry/Exit Registration system won't have to re-register anymore after a year and a month.
People
GTSI exec takes Iraq post
Joe Draham took a temporary leave from GTSI to be an advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority.
People
Davis requests US-VISIT info
The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee wonders how DHS and State officials will work together.
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