INS upgrades zero in on IDs
The Immigration and Naturalization Service is building up its information systems as part of its efforts to bolster national security.
USPS inks second deal with Compaq
The Postal Service signed a five-year, $1 billion IT contract for products and services with Compaq Computer Corp., with an option to extend that into a 10-year, $2 billion contract.
Army digitizes Nazi documents
Since World War II, millions of images chronicling Nazi war crimes have gone unseen in reels of microfilm in the Army's Investigative Records Repository. Within a year, the images will be open to the public as historical documents, thanks to custom software that turned the poor-quality photographs into digital images.
Former security chiefs join call for data integration
Former CIA director R. James Woolsey last month called on agencies to share databases to combat terrorism but only on a strict need-to-know basis.
Agency CIOs emphasize sharing information '
On Sept. 11, the terrorists 'had something we don't,' said Alex Bennet, deputy CIO for enterprise integration and chief knowledge officer for the Navy. 'They had very good knowledge management, they shared and they understood. That's what we have not done well.'
Advances now seen as urgent
The digital technology on display at last week's SGI Defense Summit in Arlington, Va., would give soldiers perhaps their most important weapon: information.
FirstGov joined by USA Service
The year-old <a href="http://FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> federal information portal, developed by the General Services Administration, is ready to take its next step towards transactions.
HHS e-grants portal is one of the 23
The Health and Human Services Department's electronic grants portal, under development since 1998, is a winner in the Office of Management and Budget's sweepstakes for approval as one of the top 23 electronic-government initiatives.
Two ways to fix XP's 'hibernate' security hole
The new Microsoft Windows XP operating system's hibernate feature by default creates a back-door security hole when used on a network domain, as the GCN Lab pointed out [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/20_31/news/17362-1.html">GCN, Oct. 22, Page 1</a>].
Telework gets boost at DOD
Defense Department has signed off on a policy that will allow up to 25 percent of eligible employees to work from home or an approved alternative work site as part of the federal Interagency Telework/Telecommuting plan.
Sun ruggedizes one of its Netra server models
Extreme environments are no problem for some new 750-MHz UltraSparc III servers from Sun Microsystems Inc., according to company officials.
Lockheed will buy OAO, put it in IT division
Lockheed Martin Technology Services of Cherry Hill, N.J., a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., last month agreed to acquire OAO Corp., a federal IT security contractor in Greenbelt, Md.
Antiterrorism law broadens e-mail tracking
The sweeping antiterrorism act signed last month by President Bush expands government's wiretapping and electronic surveillance authority.
FEMA plans to connect worlds of data
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking proposals, due Nov. 21, for a mapping interoperability framework to combine spatial data from federal, state and local storehouses on the fly via the Web.
Bill would fund IT procurement worker training
A fund for training IT procurement workers would result in better management of major contracts, said Rep. Tom Davis, who plans to sponsor a bill to establish one.
IRS takes some job applications on its Web site
The IRS has launched an online job application process for criminal investigation special agent positions.
War on terror sets premium on speed, cooperation
The post-Sept. 11 environment has brought better cooperation among agencies and a greater sense of urgency, senior systems officials said yesterday at the Northern Virginia Technology Council's Policymaker Breakfast.
State unifies overseas financial management
The U.S. embassy in Lima, Peru, last week became the first of 168 embassies to roll out the State Department's new Regional Financial Management System.
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The Rat got home from the hospital [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/20_31/log-off/17337-1.html">GCN, Oct. 22, Page 42</a>] just in time to succumb to the anthrax panic. Coming from a long line of subsoil inhabitants, the whiskered one can break into hives just from hearing the word 'cutaneous.'
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