People
DOJ seeks to expand scope of fingerprint record system
The federal government wants to retain fingerprints collected from a broader range of cases, including nonserious offenses and serious adult and juvenile offenses.
Modernization
Education data at risk again
Two laptop computers stolen Aug. 11 from a contractor's Washington, D.C., office may have exposed Social Security numbers.
People
Ransom payments set maps free
Jared Benedict raised enough money to centralize 56,000 digital topographic maps in the Internet Archive and make them available for free download.
People
NARA must improve ERA expense plan
The agency has made progress in creating a detailed expense plan for its electronic archives, but GAO auditors say more work remains to be done.
People
Education will alert borrowers to Web glitch
The department plans to contact all 21,000 borrowers who might have been affected by a security breach on its student loan site.
People
Commerce awards Apogen two contracts
Collectively worth $5.5 million, the contracts are for Web-based application development and computer programming for the Census Bureau.
People
Education gets new IT chief
William Vajda, a former NSA information technology official, will oversee the department’s IT efforts to gather data for student assessments under the No Child Left Behind Act.
People
GAO: More specifics needed on e-archive project
NARA's fiscal 2006 appropriations act requires the agency to submit an expenditure plan before allotting funds to the ERA program.
People
NASA’s next mission: Find the missing moonwalk video
High-quality Apollo 11 recordings vanish.
Cybersecurity
Justice adopts vulnerability scanner
The department will use AppDetective to check for and reduce database vulnerabilities.
People
SSA solicits encryption info
The agency's telecommunications office is seeking contractors that can provide a commercial encryption product for data in its Windows 2003 file servers.
Cybersecurity
Unisys offers reward for stolen desktop PC
Unisys, the VA and the FBI have announced a reward of as much as $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of the desktop computer stolen Aug. 7.
Cybersecurity
Nicholson: All VA computers to get security upgrade
Laptop computers will receive the critical data security encryption programs first. Desktop computers will follow.
People
GPO dots the i’s on a new performance-based contract
Safeguards and incentives could make it a model for other agencies, observers say.
People
Labor seeks IT system for online forms
The Employee Benefits and Security Administration will release a request for proposals Sept. 1 for a wholly outsourced information technology system to process and store electronically filed forms.
People
Agencies still in the red on financial performance
Score cards continue to show low grades for most agencies.
People
Census director raises a red flag about the upcoming e-census
Officials warn that several factors threaten to spoil their plans for an electronic census.
People
Study finds low e-records IQ
Many employees don’t know their agencies’ policies for storing and disposing of e-records.
People
IBM buys FileNet
The California-based provider of enterprise content management software is being purchased for about $1.6 billion, or $35 a share.
Cybersecurity