DOD creates new office to manage business systems
The Defense Department's chaotic business system programs now have a new boss.
Cyber Storm takes a back seat to real storms
The Homeland Security Department's Cyber Storm exercise, which stages a virtual attack on the nation, has been pushed back from November to February 2006 because of resource demands and infrastructure damage caused by the recent hurricanes in the Gulf Coast region, the department and other sources said.
DHS, flush with 2006 funds, maps out major procurements
The Homeland Security Department's technology procurement is losing its baby teeth. The department is moving forward with border technology, a financial management project and two umbrella procurements, on the heels of the passage of its fiscal 2006 appropriations.
People on the Move
IRS associate CIO for IT services <b>Terry Lutes</b> will retire at the end of the year after nearly 30 years of service, the IRS has said.
Federal, private-sector CIOs mostly alike
Of the 12 functional areas federal CIOs are responsible for, their private-sector counterparts share eight, including systems acquisition and information security, according to the Government Accountability Office.
House bill gives VA's CIO power over IT budget
The chairman and the ranking Democrat of the House Veterans Affairs Committee last week introduced legislation that would give the Veterans Affairs Department's CIO authority over VA's IT budget, personnel and assets.
GAO praises e-rulemaking project's work
Federal auditors praised how the interagency e-Rulemaking Executive Committee has organized the process of choosing a centralized electronic rulemaking system based on cost savings, risks and security.
OMB issues guidance on A-76 reports
Agencies have until Nov. 10 to detail the public-private competitions they held in fiscal 2005 and the savings they hope to achieve under the administration's competitive-sourcing initiative.
House Veterans Affairs panel approves CIO budget authority
The House Veterans Affairs Committee today approved legislation to give the Veterans Affairs Department's CIO central authority over the IT budget, personnel and assets in an effort to improve the department's IT management.
CIO Council wants standards-based best practices
The council's focus over the next year will be on collecting agency and industry examples in telecommunications, IT security, portfolio management, disaster recovery and contingency planning, and the business value of IT.
Defense agency awards contract for terrorist watch list
The Defense Intelligence Agency's Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism has awarded a one-year contract to a Fairfax, Va., company for intelligence analysis.
VA will centralize IT budget, personnel authority over next year
The Veterans Affairs Department will put control of its IT budget and personnel under the department CIO'a sea change that should prevent future monumental IT system failures.
InfoReliance to build competitive-sourcing database for OFPP
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy finally will have an easier way to collect data to see whether the Bush administration's competitive-sourcing initiative is living up to its claims of saving billions of dollars and improving efficiencies.
CMS fights fraud in new drug program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has selected eight Medicare Rx Integrity Contractors to uncover fraud, waste and abuse in the new Medicare prescription drug program.
CFO Sykes helps NASA manage change
To assuage employees' nervousness about the transition to E-Payroll, Gwendolyn Sykes and her team focused their efforts on communication and hands-on demonstrations.
Mobile computing: Rugged on a budget
In a recent Ask the Lab column, someone inquired about buying rugged notebooks for their office.
Storage management: It's a RAID
A Redundant Array of Independent Drives is a way to make a computer treat a number of physically distinct drives as one big drive.
Storage management: Crossing those Ts
With file sizes out of control, storage space on a network is becoming a valuable commodity again.
Reports indicate health IT applications could reduce fraud
HHS believes the development and use of automated coding software and the establishment of a network of interoperable electronic health records could reduce health care fraud.
Air Force makes software integration deal with Anteon
The Air Force has awarded a 34-month, $18.7 million contract to Anteon International Corp. to provide support services and software integration for its weapon system life-cycle management solutions.
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