People
Government interest in Web services grows
Some government and industry executives view Web services as a potential antidote for the data-sharing headaches of homeland security
People
Scrutiny required
Editorial: DOD officials are saying everything that privacy advocates want to hear about the newly renamed Terrorism Information Awareness program
People
OMB expert helps Homeland Security tackle A-76
David Childs, an Office of Management and Budget senior procurement policy specialist, is on detail to the Homeland Security Department for three months to help the agency build its infrastructure to compete federal jobs with the private sector. <br>
People
Air Force forms council for IT buys
Group will develop servicewide strategies for buying and managing IT products
Digital Government
PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards
PeopleSoft has agreed to acquire another software firm, J.D. Edwards & Co., forming the world's second largest enterprise applications software company
Acquisition
Five hurdles for business cases
Every agency has areas in which it does well and areas in which it struggles when developing business cases for information technology investments
Digital Government
Part-time military
A Legal View: Law provides protections for those who are called into the armed services
People
IRS picks CIO, top deputy
The IRS has turned once again to its in-house experts to fill key information technology positions
People
FBI speeds background checks on gun buyers
The Justice Department is providing gun sellers with nearly instantaneous information about customers in 91 percent of the cases
People
Collaboration takes new forms
Flexibility, speed and coordination define new requirements for data sharing and interagency collaboration
People
Intercepts
Clouds or Silver Lining?; But Does It Get HBO?; Sitting on the Sidelines; A Horse is a Horse, Of Course; Hail and Farewell
Digital Government
Managing the message
Product review: Emerging solutions help agencies secure and control instant messaging
Digital Government
Feds earn qualified praise on security
For the first time, agencies have been able to show that they have improved their information security practices
People
Saving the future now
Commentary: This is the first of two columns about NARA's new electronic records project
Digital Government
Intel's Centrino offers mobile users flexibility
But security concerns could slow adoption
People
Time for a name change?
The Open GIS Consortium's target has become the need to access all kinds of geospatial data produced from various applications
People