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Energy confronts the human side of security issue

To turn around a troubling systems security record, senior Energy Department officials must address a chronic lack of accountability and a department culture that gives security demands scant notice, according to a presidential panel.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

DOD names acting deputy CIO, seeks a permanent replacement for Langston

The Defense Department has tapped Paul R. Brubaker as acting deputy chief information officer until it names a new deputy CIO.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

DLA taps new CIO, adds duties to job

The Defense Logistics Agency's new chief information officer has a more wide-ranging role than her predecessor, with an emphasis on electronic business initiatives.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Industry wary of new security laws

Government must be a good security role model, information industry representatives told President Clinton during a White House meeting last week about recent Web service attacks.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Feds on guard against Feb. 29 code glitches

Agencies are bracing for one last significant round of system monitoring as they watch for leap year date code glitches.''

By GCN
February 20, 2000

GITS Board to come under CIO Council

The Government Information Technology Services Board will become a committee of the Chief Information Officers Council.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Defense forces demand more data than voice links on the battlefield

U.S. forces requested data links more often than voice connectivity during the buildup for Operation Allied Force, a Joint Chiefs of Staff official said this month.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

AF signs records management BPAs

The Air Force last week negotiated three blanket purchasing agreements for electronic records management and network services.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

IT initiatives top DOD's budget list, from security to signal data

Defense Department information technology efforts will take priority in fiscal 2001, top department officials told House lawmakers this month.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Filling IT jobs is top concern, federal chiefs says

Although many a systems chief has identified security as the big post-year 2000 issue, a new survey indicates federal information technology executives are more concerned about finding and keeping IT workers.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

OCC launches an extranet site for national banks

Technology has driven change in business processes at the Treasury Department's Comptroller of Currency.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

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Energy confronts the human side of security issue

To turn around a troubling systems security record, senior Energy Department officials must address a chronic lack of accountability and a department culture that gives security demands scant notice, according to a presidential panel.

GSA seeks Trail Boss alumni

What can information technology managers in the public sector learn from those in the private sector? The General Services Administration is hoping to find out at the Trail Boss Program's annual Roundup.

FAA awards, extends contracts

Computer Sciences Corp. will design and develop components of the Federal Aviation Administration's Controller Pilot Data Communications Link System under a $68 million contract awarded this month.

GSA adds satellite offerings

The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service this month expanded its satellite services, adding seven contracts.

DISA upgrades ATM nets

The Defense Information Systems Agency is adding asynchronous transfer mode concentrators to its secure Defense ATM Information Systems Network (DATMS) in the continental United States and to the Defense Information Systems Network for the Pacific.

Veterans agency names CIO

K. Adair Martinez has stepped into the chief information officer position at the Veterans Benefits Administration.

USPS gets PostalOne funding

The Postal Service's board of directors this month approved $10.1 million for the first phase of PostalOne'a USPS initiative to expand electronic transactions between the service and its business customers.

GSA: Study backs depot plan

An independent report has concluded that the General Services Administration and its supply service customers would reap savings if GSA outsourced its eight supply depots, Federal Supply Service officials say.

Army to buy PCs for vehicles

Litton Data Systems of San Diego and Paravant Inc. of Melbourne, Fla., will work with TRW Inc. to provide the Army with more than 6,000 vehicle-mounted PCs this year.

PACKET RAT

The recent wave of denial-of-service attacks on electronic commerce sites did not go unnoticed at the Rat's burrow.