Secure Flight program faces a slow takeoff
Despite ambitious plans to begin rolling out the passenger-screening program early next year, TSA has not yet finalized how the system will work or what information it will use.
Oracle CSO urges government to use its clout
'Government can legislate if it is necessary, and I think it may be necessary at some point,' Mary Ann Davidson says. 'But a big buyer is better than a big brother."
Former DOD acquisition officials join consulting firm
A pair of retired Army colonels with expertise in acquisition'Earle D. Munns Jr. and Ronald L. Endicott'have joined the Leads Corp.
Ridge announces departure from DHS
Tom Ridge announced today that he will step down by February as Homeland Security secretary.
DARPA kicks off UAV prototype project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $8.7 million to three vendors to build prototype unmanned aircraft for the Army's Future Force unit.
9/11 commissioner says don't wait on intelligence backbone
'There's no reason why technology solutions cannot be explored right now,' Jamie S. Gorelick says.
GSA taps regional administrator as fill-in chief of staff
The agency today named Edwin E. Fielder acting chief of staff and acting interim chief acquisition officer.
IG says FAA should replace aged displays ASAP
The agency needs to quickly replace displays at radar control towers in four cities because 'they are experiencing significant reliability problems,' according to a new IG report.
White House to CIA: Use IT to improve intelligence gathering
The White House has ordered the CIA to develop IT tools that can assist in processing and using foreign language information.
OMB to name Burk chief architect
The Office of Management and Budget plans to make the Housing and Urban Development Department's Richard Burk the government's next chief architect.
Adobe extends Acrobat into collaboration
Adobe Systems is set to release updates to its software that will let government workers add comments to Portable Document Format documents and use PDFs to collaborate.
Congress OKs $5 million penalty for telecommuting shortfalls
Several agencies stand to lose millions of dollars if they fail to offer every eligible worker the opportunity to telecommute.
OMB controller Springer to leave
Office of Management and Budget controller Linda Springer announced today that she is leaving government, administration officials confirmed.
GAO: HUD should re-open HITS contract again
The Government Accountability Office today approved Lockheed Martin Corp.'s protest of a lucrative IT infrastructure contract award by the Housing and Urban Development Department to EDS Corp.
Rand offers architecture for automating data analysis
Rand Corp.'s Atypical Signal Analysis and Processing Architecture could help intelligence agencies better spot potential terrorist activity.
DHS to update its collaboration portals
The Homeland Security Department is considering a competition within the next six months to refresh its intranet and extranet collaboration portals.
Soldiers get virtual home visits
Thanks to videoconferencing technology, soldiers can do more than just dream about their loved ones back home.
VA, DOD to collaborate on discharge, exam processing
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments have a deal to combine the physical examinations service members undergo when they leave the military.
DOD conducts real-time Web services test
The Joint Forces Command, Strategic Command and Defense Information Systems Agency this month tried out Web services in simulated combat.
IRS modernization left with lean budget
The $388 billion federal omnibus spending bill makes available $205 million for IRS' Business Systems Modernization program.
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