People
Roster Change
Bert Concklin is leaving his job as head of the Internal Revenue Service's Business Systems Modernization Office
Digital Government
Army deploying smart cards
The Army will begin fielding smart cards at eight sites over the next two months
Digital Government
Bush considers cybersecurity board
A coordination board may supplement the sole NSC official overseeing federal cybersecurity efforts
Digital Government
HHS becomes more enterprising
Concerns about security and budgets are driving organizations toward centralized systems
Digital Government
Adaytum offers budgeting tool
Governments, schools and other public entities can use tool to plan and balance their books
Digital Government
USGS shutting down satellites
The company that runs Landsats 4 and 5 says it can no longer afford to operate them
Digital Government
Bizwire
Agencies interested in building portals for use by employees, citizens and business partners have a new option
People
Tennessee CIO retiring
Bradley Dugger, a nationally recognized leader in IT and intergovernmental work, is retiring in June
Digital Government
HP, Accenture form outsourcing alliance
The firms will focus on migrating legacy mainframe applications to newer platforms
Digital Government
OMB readies its plans to be a manager
Agencies will learn details of Bush's 'ambitious' management agenda when OMB meets with department heads this week
Acquisition
An equal slice of success
A lot of people in government have high expectations for share-in-savings contracting -- including President Bush
People
Section 508 legal loopholes abound
On June 21, new standards take effect requiring federal agencies to make their Web pages and electronic technology accessible to people with disabilities. But don't expect accessibility to be achieved instantaneously, government experts caution.
Digital Government
IT problems blamed in McVeigh case
Antiquated FBI computer systems likely caused the bureau to lose thousands of documents about the Oklahoma City bombing
Digital Government