House bill calls for file-sharing security
The House Government Reform Committee last month gave overnight approval to a bill requiring agencies to safeguard their systems against peer-to-peer networking abuse.
Three e-gov projects move forward
Four agencies are testing the new data repository and work force analysis tools the Office of Personnel Management launched earlier this month under the Enterprise Human Resources Integration e-government project.
GSA will whack at least six GWACs
After setting up more than 25 governmentwide acquisition contracts over the last decade, the General Services Administration plans to let at least six of the contracts fade away.
Lawmakers prod GSA on license deals
Getting consensus from agencies on enterprise license deals that would serve users governmentwide has slowed the pace of the General Services Administration effort to create such deals.
DHS systems projects will take a funding hit next year
The Homeland Security Department will have to scale back plans for its flagship border system in the wake of a $114 million fiscal 2004 budget cut.
Cooper details EA at hearing
With a brand-new enterprise architecture plan in hand, the Homeland Security Department's IT chief last week told lawmakers he would jump-start the DHS infrastructure with several quick-hit projects.
Fed Reserve boosts servers
The Federal Reserve System's in-house IT staff beat out four outside vendors with the most cost-effective proposal for boosting server capacity.
Now most Food Stamp benefits are paperless
Almost all Food Stamp benefits for low-income individuals and families are now issued electronically, completing a 20-year transition from paper coupons, Agriculture secretary Ann Veneman said late last month.
GAO sees need for firefighting coordination
Agencies that fight wildfires on public lands suffer from many incompatibilities among systems that could hamper firefighting efforts, the General Accounting Office concluded recently.
Defense's Lee will advise on Iraq's rebuilding
Deidre Lee will temporarily leave her post as procurement director for the Defense Department to help with Iraq reconstruction procurements.
Grid project finds leads on smallpox drugs
The Smallpox Research Grid Project has harnessed the idle cycles of 2.5 million PCs in 190 countries via a downloadable screensaver to find drugs that might be effective against smallpox.
FTS tackles procurement weaknesses
The General Services Administration has put together a plan to improve procurement oversight and training at regional Federal Technology Service offices.
USDA upgrades hardware and moves to XP
The Agriculture Department this summer bought more than 26,000 desktop and notebook PCs from Gateway Inc., one of three vendors supplying hardware for the department's Common Computing Environment. The others are Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.
PowerSuite edits video data on a DVD drive
NewSoft America Inc. is moving into video and DVD editing with Presto DVD PowerSuite, which records from a camcorder directly onto DVD without a PC hard drive.
Perils of unplugging: 11 steps to successful wireless security
It's time to take on the security flaws of wireless LANs.Nothing will make an 802.11 wireless network completely secure, but there are ways to tighten one enough to keep out most unauthorized users.
OMB sets new data privacy regulations
With the release of new privacy rules for electronic information, the federal government is trying to right its somewhat troubled record of protecting personal data.
Calendar
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Federal Contract Law: Creativity is key to this military program
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I visited a place that is putting into practice what many in Washington have merely preached.
New OMB tools will delve deeper into lines of business
The Office of Management and Budget will soon give agencies tools to take a deeper look into their lines of business and advance their efforts to establish an enterprise architecture.
FirstGov adds a Spanish language portal
FirstGov en Espa'ol, the government's first and only Spanish-language information Web portal, launches next week.
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