Diplomatic patches
The State Department undertakes an ambitious program to centralize software patching and improve its neglected IT security at posts around the globe.
DOD to build medical data storage model
The Defense Department and Microsoft will jointly develop a medical data warehouse prototype for the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application
The tools of the master forecaster
Five business intelligence applications that can help agency managers track changes and make better decisions about their programs.
USPS awards mail automation deal
The U.S. Postal Service awarded an $874.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide technology that will further automate mail processing.
A net gain from outsourcing?
The Homeland Security and Interior departments plan to use Networx for the switch to managed network services.
Labor awards software subcontracts to ATS
The Labor Department has awarded ATS Corp. subcontracts totaling $12.1 million for software development on several department projects.
Ask not what you can do for IPv6, but rather what IPv6 can do for you
The Federal CIO Council has come up with some useful definitions to help take some of the guesswork out of the mandate to move agency backbones to IPv6 by next year.
Many unknowns remain in move to IPv6
For the Air Force, the killer application for IPv6 might literally be a killer app.
Leaders want reporting on same page
Common accounting code could weed out some of the ‘thousand flowers.’
IT in ’08: Finish what you started
OMB uses budget to focus agencies on showing results from current projects.
OMB sets timeline to launch federal spending database
With 10 months until the deadline to put all federal contract and grant spending in an online database, the Office of Management and Budget is asking for public comment on how best to implement the law.
Civilian agencies focus on info sharing
OMB has high hopes for Congress to accept e-government.
OMB: Health IT services are accountable
The Office of Management and Budget plans to evaluate the four main agencies involved with health IT on how well they provide information on quality and cost to consumers.
Providers look for a level playing field
OMB has not decided how to resolve inequities in the 1932 Economy Act.
NIST releases info security documents
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published two new interagency reports designed to help auditors, inspectors general and senior management understand and evaluate information security programs.<@SM>
Commerce seeks online hiring system
The Commerce Department seeks a human-resources automated hiring system that is integrated with the governmentwide USAJOBS Web site.
FBI tracks secret 'wiretaps' with multilevel security
The FBI has launched an application that monitors the preparation of requests for secret wiretaps by using several levels of classification, according to the security level of the user.<@SM>
EPA awards CGI financial-management contract
The EPA has become the first large agency to migrate to a shared provider under the FMLOB through a contract with CGI Federal Inc.
IRS troubleshoots E-Help program
Despite the IRS’ progress in its E-Help desk, customer service efficiency still needs improvement, the agency’s Office of the Inspector General said.
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