Cybersecurity
State, OPM team on clearance processing
The agencies are combining their resources to process security clearance applications for overseas DOD installations.
Modernization
Texas Guard goes wireless for rapid response
It has started to use Fortress Technologies’ rapid response communications kit to help it share critical information and save time and lives in disasters.
Acquisition
Texas extends ACS contract
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has awarded Affiliated Computer Services a two-year, $230 million contract extension for Medicaid claims processing.
People
Meet the politician who became a techie
Former Rep. Scott McPherson returns to the Florida statehouse as CIO.
People
Web extra: County clerks like Webcasting
Technology saves time and makes process of taking minutes and responding to requests easier.
People
State’s ERP project inspires public value approach
Pennsylvania system used as a case study to assess impact of IT on citizen services.
People
Webcasting offers window into government
More municipalities use the technology to put public meetings and training videos online.
People
Doan proposes shuffling GSA's central office, policy shop
Moving OGP under the congressional affairs office will “weave the important role OGP plays in helping to shape government policies that work,” Doan wrote in an e-mail message to FCW.
Acquisition
Indiana, IBM near $1B deal
The contract for a social service eligibility system would be worth as much as $1.16 billion over 10 years.
Modernization
IBM wins Texas data center pact
The $863 million contract is part of the state’s plan to create a shared technology infrastructure.
People
Line of business will outlast administrations
Experts agree that the push to move toward the Financial Management Line of Business will be too difficult to reverse whether the next president is a Democrat or a Republican.
Digital Government
NIST-backed panel calls for end to paperless voting
A forthcoming report recommends that standards should require some form of software-independent vote verification.
People
Verdict out on cameras in Supreme Court
Although legislation to allow video coverage of proceedings has been circulating since at least the 105th Congress, none of the bills has been enacted, according to a new report.
Cybersecurity
States told to expect Real ID draft regs by end of the year
The Homeland Security Department will issue draft regulations by the end of the year to specify how states should implement mandatory federal standards for driver’s licenses.
People
Pa. county to provide certified electronic records
Lancaster officials will use authentication technology to validate documents distributed electronically.
People
Senate threatens to cut DTS funding
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) plans to introduce legislation to kill the travel portion of the system, while preserving its back-end accounting functions.
Acquisition
Find ways to share contractor performance data, GSA tells agencies
Agencies have not made a concerted effort to share the information with one another, leaving them vulnerable to using poor-quality contractors, a Federal Register notice states.
Modernization
N.Y. county chooses Salient for Medicaid
The Salient Performance Management solution will provide real-time access to transactional and select nontransactional program data, according to the company.
People
Web extra: Local business group pitches in with alerts
A nonprofit economic development organization is pitching in to improve state disaster preparedness efforts by installing technology that keeps local business owners informed of disaster-related information.
People