Digital Government
Schlumberger rebrands smart cards
The unit, now called Axalto, could be sold off or go public in the near future.
People
Defense bill cuts IT funds by $200 million
The 2004 Defense Appropriations Act would cut IT funds less than the House originally wanted.
People
Grants awarded for bomb detection
The Transportation Security Administration announced five cooperative agreements to develop systems for airports.
People
No new HQ for you, DHS
Congress denied Bush's request for a new Homeland Security headquarters and approved less than the White House wanted for the department's CIO office.
People
Congress passes DHS spending
Appropriations bill details $29.4 billion for border protection, emergency responders, transportation security and antiterrorism technologies.
People
Food Stamp Program is nearly all paperless
Almost all food stamp benefits are now issued electronically, completing a 20-year transition from paper coupons.<br>
People
GAO calls for FBI enterprise architecture
Without a blueprint for technology operations and investments, the agency risks creating duplicative and costly systems, GAO officials said.
Modernization
NASA will Webcast Mars talk
Scientists from NASA, U.S. universities and the Spanish Centro De Astrobiologia will take part in the Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment.
Modernization
Itronix bought out of trouble
Golden Gate Capital will pay $40 million for the maker of rugged mobile computers.
People
Army aviation program honcho to retire
Maj. Gen. Joseph Bergantz, who oversaw development of the military's first unmanned aerial vehicle, will retire next July.
Digital Government
EPA puts architecture info in contracts
Tech vendors for the EPA now must conform to the agency's IT framework.
Digital Government
Lawmakers target P2P
Agencies and departments will have to crack down on peer-to-peer file sharing under new bipartisan legislation introduced today in the House of Representatives.
Digital Government
UN picks Unisys
Unisys will get $27.5 million to support the UN Development Programme.
Digital Government
Texas axes education tech unit
Budget cuts claimed the 16-person educational technology division of the Texas Education Agency.
People
Air Force forms new IT office
The Air Force created a new organization to develop a servicewide IT architecture and study ways to improve administration networks' management.
Acquisition
Evans touts Energy IT security standard
The benchmark includes more than 250 security configuration recommendations to guide agencies and companies in implementing products.
People
OPM plans E-Learning procurement
The Office of Personnel Management will give agencies more choice when it comes to online learning. The agency by December will award new E-Learning contracts for the services on the <i>www.golearn.gov</i> site. <br>
People
US-VISIT questioned by GAO
The Homeland Security Department's plan to track the arrival and departure of every foreigner at the U.S. border has neither the money nor the manpower to make it work, the General Accounting Office said.
Modernization