People

Remembering Peter Weiss

Former OMB official had a deep commitment to public service

Digital Government

Facing an innovation deficit

Proponents of U.S. competitiveness beat the drum for more spending on IT research

People

Former Peace Corps CIO named CIO for Minnesota

The appointment comes a month after the governor launched the state’s new Office of Enterprise Technology.

Digital Government

Florida makes a move to a health IT network

Sunshine state plans to build a state equivalent to the national network for health IT.

Modernization

Feds look for more smart card memory

The government expects to buy smart cards in large quantities — as many as 150,000 cards per month for the next two to three years.

People

Seattle switches to new planning, development system

The city's new system could serve as the blueprint for the way other departments in the government handle planning and project management.

Digital Government

Tampa law agencies form network

CopLink technology will enable investigators to search data stored in multiple jurisdictions.

Digital Government

Parcel data is hot real estate

A Center for Technology in Government study finds strong demand for more -- and more accurate -- land information.

People

House: DOD, DHS must share more technology

DOD and DHS must do more to ensure that applicable counter-terrorism technologies reach first responders, lawmakers said.

Digital Government

Unisys gets extension of Los Angeles contract

Integrator will continue work with county's benefits eligibility system.

People

Federal groups to help states with intelligence strategies

Joint effort will produce guidelines for looping public safety, transportation sectors into homeland security intelligence fusion centers.

Digital Government

Unisys continues New Jersey Medicaid work

Contract extension adds to the 16-year engagement for the integrator.

People

Law enforcement needs resources to fight electronic crime

Officials are stumped by high-tech crimes and need to determine how widespread they are and find better ways to fight them.

Cybersecurity

DHS reshuffles the deck

Will Chertoff's reorganization plan fix what needs fixing?

People

NGA reviewing public comments

Intelligence agency to decide this fall whether to remove air, sea data from its Web site.

People

Preserving records in cyberspace

Experts say feds can learn from state archivists

People

Legislating a sunset

Commissions would examine, even eliminate programs and agencies

People

Senate passes DHS budget bill

The Senate has passed a $30.8 billion budget bill for DHS that would increase spending on numerous information technology and technology-related programs.

Digital Government

Kentucky picks EDS for Medicaid modernization

Integrator will provide system development and maintenance, other services, for state's systems.

Modernization

Input: IT security spending to catch its breath

Input market analysts expect modest spending increases of 4 percent on average for the next five years.