People

Letter: Abuse is the exception, not the rule

A reader writes to agree with those outraged by charges of absenteeism.

People

Open-source intell gets governance

CIA Director Michael Hayden today announced a new board to serve as a forum to determine how best to pool open-source intelligence resources.

People

FCW Insider: Consolidation blues

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People

Managerial shortages

Some agencies seek to fill loss of senior program managers by placing responsibility on contractors.

People

Program management falls short

Time, scope and cost are no longer the only factors shaping the outcome of government programs.

Digital Government

Getting on the same page

Web-based mashups give agencies a new tool for connecting scattered data and applications.

People

DHS distributes IT application

DHS deployed a secure online database system that enables management of data about critical infrastructure and key resources, the department said.

People

Democrats hit administration on security

A report by two House committees today criticized the Bush administration's progress in implementing anti-terrorism recommendations.

People

Letter: Question on overcoming organizational rivalries

A reader states ideas for the next administration about how intelligence communities of practice could be of help.

People

Gustav triggers COOP

Continuity-of-operations plans went in effect after Hurricane Gustav swept across southern Louisiana last week.

Modernization

FEMA nears emergency alert standard

Goal is to create a national infrastructure so digital messages can be sent to TVs, radios and desktop computers.

People

Buzz of the Week: Change is in the wind

Can federal agencies take advantage of social-networking tools to create a resourceful emergency alert Web site?

People

FCW's The Week

Find links to articles in the Sept. 8, 2008, issue and related items.

People

Army retools knowledge culture

The service defines new knowledge management principles tailored to net-centric environment.

People

FEMA adopts open standards

Public alert systems to use same standard that local emergency managers embrace.

Digital Government

4 lessons for upgraders

Tips for smoothing human services modernization projects.

People

A boost for state aid

States learn to offset the risk of human services modernization projects with flexible tech approaches.

People

DHS studies PDAs for responders

The Homeland Security Department is exploring how personal digital assistants that can send and receive live video and geospatial coordinates could help law enforcement and first responders share information.

Digital Government

New York could kill $2 billion network

New York State shouldn't build a $2 billion statewide wireless network for emergency responders unless all the problems identified in testing are fully resolved and all contract requirements are met, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has recommended.

Modernization

DHS, D.C. demonstrate broadband technology

The Homeland Security Department and the District of Columbia today demonstrated a new radio over wireless broadband technology for emergency response.