People

DHS scolded over watch lists

Congress criticizes DHS officials for not yet consolidating terrorist watch lists

People

Hardesty leaving Education for industry

Candace Hardesty will take contract performance expertise to Guerra, Kiviat, Flyzik & Associates

People

DHS preps R & D fast track

Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency will be releasing broad agency announcements

People

Air Force works to speed data

Air Force is working to close technical, legal and political seams to achieve integrated capabilities

Digital Government

Interoperability funds limited

Millions of dollars are earmarked for communications interoperability, but targets will be selected

People

Defense IT leaders outline challenges

They say IT has helped reduce the 'fog of war,' but much work still remains to be done

People

McVay takes expertise to industry

But agencies still likely will benefit from his e-gov work at DigitalNet, Forman says

People

Government should make information easier to get, lobbyists say

New federal e-government laws don’t go far enough to codify and protect the public’s access to government information, two information industry lobbyists said at the InfoToday 2003 conference.<br>

People

Kellogg plans retirement from military

But director of C4 for Joint Chiefs of Staff will be staying in the defense IT business

People

Group works on e-forms standards

A new team of government and industry officials will spend the next five months evaluating standards for electronic forms, a CIO Council member said yesterday.<@SM>

Digital Government

First state CIO joins consulting firm

The man who was the first state-level CIO in the country has joined ICG Government

People

Hutchinson: No 'elitism' in CAPPS II

Senators expressed concern that the government could begin imposing economic prejudice

Digital Government

Joint Forces award IT contract

Contract will support U.S. Joint Forces Command's information systems

Digital Government

Web-based battlefield map on the way

Air Force picks Lockheed to develop Web-based battlefield mapping system

Digital Government

Software takes new angle against spam

A small company has issued a new version of its anti-spam software

People

GSA refreshes FirstGov portal

FirstGov undergoes third major upgrade in an attempt to make it easier to use

People

Intell in midst of 'renaissance'

National security intelligence community is benefiting from restructuring, technology, funding

Acquisition

Cooperative purchasing rule published

State and local governments can use GSA's schedules contracts for IT acquisitions

Digital Government

DISA prepping RFP for Grid

The RFP for Global Information Grid bandwidth expansion hardware is coming soon

People

Friendly force ID is top challenge

Identifying friendly forces during combat remains DOD's top information technology challenge