People
Food imports require electronic notice
Beginning Dec. 12, companies importing food into the United States will have to electronically notify the Food and Drug Administration beforehand.
Digital Government
NIC offers Web-in-a-Box for state agencies
The company that runs Oklahoma's online portal wants to sell the product to other agencies.
People
Funding tight for US-VISIT
But DHS officials expect more money for the entry/exit system in 2005.
People
Diaz tabbed as CIO for research unit
The Homeland Security Department has named Deborah Diaz as the new chief information officer for its research arm, the Science and Technology Directorate.
Digital Government
DHS finishes architecture 1.0
Officials say they've completed the first version of their enterprise architecture.
People
Starting date set for federal grant site
Federal agencies must post synopses of grant announcements on the Grants.gov portal starting Nov. 7.
Digital Government
Maricopa upgrades storage
After evaluating several products, the county's Network Solutions Group settled on CommVault Systems' Galaxy software.
People
Froelich to lead IRS unit
And the Treasury Department appointed Jesus Delgado-Jenkins to be Froelich's boss.
People
Customs IT chief to retire
Woody Hall will step down in November and Charles Armstrong will become U.S. Customs and Border Protection's acting assistant commissioner for information and technology.
Digital Government
Software group has security framework
It's supposed to help companies comply with federal laws and alleviate increased consumer security concerns.
Digital Government
House passes P2P security bill
The Government Network Security Act orders agencies to protect sensitive data on government computers from security threats posed by peer-to-peer file swapping.
Modernization
Generals praise, fret over bandwidth
Battlefield commanders recently returned from Iraq have conflicting opinions about the distribution of some technology used to topple the regime.
Acquisition
MPC adds Sun vendor for VA
The company reached an agreement with subcontractor Paragon Systems to offer a full range of Sun systems to the department.
Digital Government
SAIC names Dahlberg CEO
Kenneth Dahlberg has been an executive vice president at General Dynamics.
People
Army seeks $98.5 billion 2005 budget
The service wants $22 billion for its Future Combat System.
People
DHS to talk about antimissile tech
The Homeland Security Department will hold a briefing day Oct. 15 to tell vendors what technologies are needed for antimissile devices on commercial aircraft.
Digital Government
Oregon pushes for DHS dollars
The race is on for states to submit plans for using the $1.9 billion targeted for local first responders.
People
USDA names finance center leaders
Cyrus Lohfink will be director of the National Finance Center and Gilbert Hawk head of the Information Resources Management Division.
People