Digital Government
DOD sees little new funding to fight cyberterrorism
President Clinton's $1.4 billion proposal to protect critical information systems from cyberattacks will not fund as many new programs in the Defense Department as initially believed, a senior DOD official said today.
Digital Government
OMB readies agencies for e-commerce requirements
The Office of Management and Budget plans to issue within a month draft guidelines for how agencies should comply with a law that requires the federal government to make all transactions electronic in less than five years.
Digital Government
Navy forecasters bring local perspective to Persian Gulf
The Navy weather forecasters supporting U.S. flight operations over Iraq have discovered it really helps to have a highpowered, quadprocessor computer to tell them quickly which way the wind blows.
Digital Government
Centcom to hold high-tech disaster relief exercise
The Defense Department's Central Command, which oversees U.S. defense and security interests in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, plans to hold in May a major computerbased disaster relief effort in the Republic of Kazakhstan, one of five Southeast Asia countries recently added to the command's area of responsibility.
Digital Government
ITSP goes global
The Air Force has significantly broadened the potential customer base for its $750 million Information Technology Services Program (ITSP) by opening it up to military agencies in Europe, Canada and Japan, according to program documents released this week.
Digital Government
Congressmen seek funds to put CRS reports online
Two congressmen today requested funding for an initiative to give the public online access to the highly soughtafter reports generated by the public policy research arm of Congress.
Digital Government
Bill would double budget to fight Internet child pornography
A bill introduced in the House yesterday would double the Customs Service's budget for combating child pornography on the Internet.
Digital Government
AT& T donates millions for National Digital Library
The Library of Congress' National Digital Library will receive a $3.5 million donation tomorrow from the AT?#038; T Foundation to place two of the library's historical collections online.
Digital Government
GSA urges feds to plan IT buys
Federal agencies should develop policies that push them to plan more carefully how they will buy information technology before they make the transaction, according to a white paper released last week by the General Services Administration's Office of Governmentwide Policy (OGP).
Digital Government
DOJ suffers from financial management problems
Persistent problems in financial management at the Immigration and Naturalization Service are the No. 1 barrier to a bettermanaged Justice Department, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month.
Digital Government
Intercepts
BIG FISH, SMALL POND. Kevin Carroll, former Army CACW[OO] chief and now an acquisition poohbah at the Army Materiel Command, has decided to leave his AMC HQ post for a new job as program executive officer for Standard Army Management Information Systems. His departure is imminent, according to re
Digital Government
DOD to send Y2K team to Russia
The Defense Department this month will send a team to Russia to take part in the first official bilateral planning session on the Year 2000 computer problem, officials said last week.
Digital Government
GAO highlights access, Y2K concerns at HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services does not have access to the data or information technology systems needed to effectively manage various programs, and concerns posed by Year 2000 conversion efforts further complicate these shortcomings, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month.
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Fedwire
Bell Atlantic's Ghion, 58, dies Ray Ghion, vice president of sales at Bell Atlantic Federal from 1996 until October 1998, died last week of brain cancer. He was 58. Ghion, a Bell employee since 1968, was active in industry organizations such as the Industry Advisory Council and the Armed Forces Com
Digital Government
High costs afflict FAA air traffic control modernization
The Federal Aviation Administration still faces significant cost overruns, schedule delays and performance shortfalls with its multibilliondollar air traffic control modernization program, the General Accounting Office said in a report released last month.
Digital Government
Commerce taps CACI for procurement system
The Commerce Department last week awarded CACI Inc. a blanket purchase agreement to replace outdated and disjointed department procurement systems with a single system. Under the agreement, CACI will supply its Standard Automated Contracting Systems software to manage and integrate the entire procu
Digital Government
GAO's 'High Risk' reports target fed vulnerabilities
The Year 2000 problem and information security practices leave the federal government susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse, according to a series of reports the General Accounting Office released last month. The socalled 'High Risk' reports coincide with the release of 21 other reports that detai
Digital Government
Education gets low grade for Y2K, integration
The Year 2000 problem and a lack of integrated computer systems pose the greatest technologyrelated management challenges at the Education Department, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month.
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