People

Agencies to form commodity councils

If agencies can drive a better deal by bringing purchases together, OMB will ask them to do it, the head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy says.

People

Fight over driver’s license standards

Sensenbrenner pushes his controversial bill

People

NC develops skills

The governor’s office will devote money and personnel in developing the state’s Center for 21st Century Skills program.

Digital Government

St. Louis tackles bus maintenance

Accenture is developing a system that analyzes real-time data from sensors on St. Louis buses.

Cybersecurity

Security group wants ideas

An interagency task force is appealing to industry for ideas to improve security while reducing costs.

Digital Government

More Medicaid IT outsourcing?

Spending on outsourced Medicaid Management Information Systems will rise by one-fifth, Input says.

People

TopOff exercise heads off virtual terrorists

Emergency workers respond to new and imagined threats.

People

Sharing drives DHS data project

DHS officials are translating the responsibilities into a data architecture.

Digital Government

EDS keeps Medicaid work

Rhode Island will continue using EDS to process Medicaid claims.

People

State and local officials look to outsourcing

Retiring workforce driving new push to contract out services.

People

Task force studies WMD threats

It will recommend ways to counter weapon attacks.

People

Risk or population?

Congress will consider distributing homeland security money based on risk rather than on population.

Acquisition

Draft proposals stir interest

Vendors scrutinize Alliant RFPs.

Digital Government

Philly releases Wi-Fi RFP

Philadelphia issues a request for proposals for its widely reported Wi-Fi plan.

People

RFI released for cross-agency security

The request for information identifies five network security areas that could benefit from a governmentwide approach.

Cybersecurity

Security forum members to meet in May

The Chief Information Security Officers Exchange has already started working to raise the federal government’s security grade.

People

Suffolk sells land records access

Up-to-date documents will be available online for about $600 a month.

People

Virtual reference desk is open

Librarians go where the public is — online.

People

Angels over Los Angeles

Web-based tool will aid emergency and public safety efforts.

Digital Government

Getting down to metrics

OMB wants agencies to take architecture seriously.