Cybersecurity

Fla. county secures wireless

Sarasota installed security devices in 15 county buildings.

Cybersecurity

Deal to set government security standard

Plan would use Air Force model to determine Microsoft configurations.

Modernization

Chicago studies Wi-Fi

The city's CIO says building a municipal Wi-Fi structure would require about 7,500 antennas on light poles.

Modernization

It pays to consolidate

Officials turn to shared service centers.

People

Critics call for immigration, customs merger

Some observers say merging Immigration and Customs Enforcement with Customs and Border Protection would improve operations and efficiency.

People

Microsoft groovy for homeland IT

The software giant's acquisition of Groove Networks could be a boost for collaboration products in the homeland security market.

People

FBI misses terror info

The FBI database is not always synchronized with state counterterrorist databases, a report says.

People

GAO urges agroterror coordination

Management problems among the Agriculture and DHS hamper their ability to respond quickly to disease outbreaks, GAO says.

People

Senate blasts DHS funding plan

Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee worry their states will lose DHS dollars.

People

DOJ readies regional exchange

The pilot of the Regional Data Exchange will start in six months, the Justice CIO says.

Digital Government

Global Secure buys health IT firm

Virtual Alert was purchased for $20 million in cash and stock.

People

New York City holds hearings online

About 365 people participate in forums on public school funding

People

Justice shares its XML

DHS plans to adopt the Justice Department's Extensible Markup Language data model to improve data sharing.

Digital Government

Motola: A step beyond modeling

Experts are focusing on how to take architectures to the next level

Digital Government

OMB considers A-130 rewrite

Booz Allen Hamilton's review comes months after a working group scrutinized the way A-130 deals with enterprise architecture.

People

Virginia Beach sees RFID payoff

Officials expect the $1.5 million RFID project for the city's libraries to pay for itself within four years.

People

CIO Council invites GITEC

The Government Information Technology Executives Council president can attend CIO Council meetings.

People

DHS, Justice work on XML

The Homeland Security Department will team with DOJ to use the Global Justice XML Data Model.

Digital Government

Health records standards move along

The national coordinator for health IT says he hopes health officials and organizations can quickly agree on a set of standards for electronic records.

People

Unisys to replace Va. voter system

The company will get up to $8 million to implement a new voter registration system.