Digital Government

IRS loses track of computers

Audit report says the IRS can't account for computers that it lent to volunteers who help others prepare their tax returns

People

NARA seeks ideas for e-records archive

The National Archives is searching for some workable way to save electronic records for decades or even centuries

Digital Government

Backing up storage nets with tape

Global Automation Inc's DinoStor division took the wraps off its DinoStor TapeServer

Digital Government

Census wrestles with integration issues

Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory is a new way of life at the Census Bureau

Digital Government

Weaving power and ease of use

Dreamweaver MX integrates three popular products

Digital Government

Feds call for directory assistance

Microsoft's new network directory poses deployment challenges

People

Unisys starts work on TSA systems

Task orders assuage concerns about delays

People

Security and vendor rights

A Legal View: The government may invoke national security to curtail vendors' dispute rights

Digital Government

Nexsan pools low-cost storage

Nexsan Technologies is shipping a turnkey appliance that lets customers use an Ethernet network to access up to 15 of its low-priced storage arrays

People

Army creates BPAs for wireless services

Agreements lower costs, but security still a concern

People

Army speeds up clearances

Cases now can be completed in 24 hours, instead of the usual two to three days

People

Justice sets deadline for fingerprint matching

Starting Sept. 11, hundreds of foreign visitors will be directed to immigration inspectors, who will fingerprint and photograph them

People

Veridian set for growth with Signal acquisition

Veridian has snapped up Signal Corp. in an acquisition designed to bolster Veridian's portfolio in pursuit of homeland security deals

People

Burden of proof

Bureaucratus column: Was an employee denied a job because of her previous complaints against her boss?

People

Cyber Corps funding hiked

The government's Scholarship for Service program is getting an infusion of new money

People

NMCI cleared for classified net

Pentagon officials give approval to Navy to connect users on SIPRNET to NMCI

People

NARA rethinks e-records

Proposal defines records management, retention as the responsibility of agencies

Digital Government

Capitol's telecom carried by cable

Oklahoma's capitol complex has become the first such facility to be wired by a national cable company for telecom service

People

Standards proposed for grants portal

The Office of Federal Financial Management has issued an initial draft of proposed data standards for agencies posting grant opportunities on FedBizOpps

People

News briefs

INS' Ziglar to resign; FBI taps two