Acquisition
OMB to review interagency purchasing deals
Meanwhile, fate of many popular cross-agency contracts is in limbo.
Digital Government
Health care IT agenda inches forward
HHS secretary makes a pitch for public/private partnership.
People
FAST becomes D.C. search overlord
Washington, D.C., will deploy a Norwegian company's search engine across the city government's entire information technology infrastructure.
People
Congress seeks border fixes
The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act would require development and implementation of information-sharing initiatives and other actions to improve border security.
People
Skinner slams DHS network
DHS officials did not consult users and skipped key security measures as it developed the Homeland Secure Data Network, the inspector general says.
People
Fairfax expands e-pay services
The Virginia county government will be using Govolution for more than 30 applications.
People
Governors still oppose Real ID
It will be expensive and technologically problematic, the National Governors Association says.
Digital Government
Garden State plants e-health seeds
New Jersey officials are planning a statewide electronic health record system.
People
Mass. fuses intelligence
A new center will analyze info from disparate sources statewide to find patterns of crime and terrorism.
Acquisition
Migrant-tracking plans revealed
The Education Department focuses on electronic records for children of migrant workers.
People
Real ID zips through Congress
The supplemental funding bill passed this week includes controversial provisions requiring states to meet new federal standards for driver's licenses.
Digital Government
Multistate Matrix is wounded, not dead
Officials at the Florida Law Enforcement Department have not given up.
People
CIOs share challenges
Issues facing chief information officers at the state, local and federal levels are not dissimilar, a panel says.
Modernization
States see VOIP coming
A voice-over-IP network seems inevitable, several state CIOs said.
Digital Government
HHS marches with states on health IT
The secretary of health and human services says feds must collaborate with state governments on digital health technology.
Digital Government
NASCIO goes to Washington
Twenty-one state CIOs took their concerns about cybersecurity and identification cards to Capitol Hill.
People