Interior rebuffs GAO qualms, runs portal for geospatial data
Even as the General Accounting Office questioned its value, the Interior Department launched the first version of its Geospatial One-Stop portal late last month.
AFGE sues OMB over A-76 revision
A second federal employee union has gone to court to challenge OMB's revised rules for competing federal jobs.<br>
'Governmental' jobs to get OMB scrutiny
Agencies are rejecting a Bush administration push to move thousands of jobs to vendors through competitive sourcing under reviews using new OMB Circular A-76 rules.
Revisions to A-76 come under fire
Union leaders and lawmakers have taken aim at the Bush administration's new procedures for opening federal jobs to competition with vendors.
Livermore lab cluster ranks third worldwide
A Linux cluster at the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the third-fastest in the world, according to the latest rankings at <a href="www.top500.org/lists/2003/06">www.top500.org/lists/2003/06</a>.
Military users can now get into the Groove
The 4-year-old Defense Collaboration Tool Suite, assembled from commercial sources for secure sharing of military video and audio conferences and applications, last month got a new addition: Groove Workspace 2.5 from Groove Networks Inc. of Beverly, Mass.
Security gets thorough Hill vetting
Members of Congress feel 'bipartisan frustration' at the slow pace of improvement in federal IT security, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) said last month. 'There is very little indication that anyone takes the security threat seriously.'
SBA Business Compliance project redone
As it becomes clearer that agencies will not be 100 percent compliant with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act by Oct. 21, the Office of Management and Budget has targeted 75 percent compliance for September 2004.
CWIN alerts agencies to cyberthreats
The Homeland Security Department has fielded a network that lets government and industry groups swap information about cyberattacks and other system threats.
OPM speeds IT security worker hiring
To meet what federal managers see as a dire need for cybersecurity experts, the Office of Personnel Management last month gave agencies the authority to hire IT security professionals much more quickly than other workers.
NNSA ordered to fix security at Energy labs
Energy secretary Spencer Abraham has told the National Nuclear Security Administration to overhaul security procedures at the department's nuclear laboratories.
GAO says costs, schedule hamper IRS modernization
The pace and scope of IRS modernization is moving faster than the agency's managers can keep up with, a government auditor said.
Agency knew of CIO's 'degrees'
Jimmy Shirl Parker was named CIO of the Federal Technology Service in 2000. He brought with him more than 27 years of experience in the Army as both a military and civilian employee'and bachelor's and master's degrees from California Coast University in Santa Ana, Calif.
Defense defends appointee who has unaccredited grad degree
A senior Pentagon political appointee lists a master's degree from an unaccredited, unlicensed university on his official biography and in his Senate confirmation statement. Charlie Abell, principal deputy undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness, holds a master's from Columbus University of New Orleans, which requires limited academic work for its degrees and has never been accredited.
The heat is on dubious degrees
As members of Congress, including Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., turn up the heat on federal workers' use of academic degrees from unaccredited institutions, research conducted by Post Newsweek Tech Media publications has uncovered questionable credentials for more than 50 officials in IT-related jobs in government or with federal contractors.
Online Extra: Spotting diploma mills
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation in Washington has issued a fact sheet of warning signs that an organization might be a diploma mill.<br>
IRS has code ready for tax refund checks
IRS officials have gone out on a limb, predicting a smooth process for mailing out more than 25 million checks for one-time tax cut payments this summer. Unlike a similar situation in 2001, this time the agency has a road map.
VA blocks A-76 outsourcing studies
The Veterans Affairs Department has collided with OMB's A-76 competition rule by stopping use of its employees to conduct outsourcing studies of agency jobs.<br>
Sandy Gibbs joining SBA e-gov staff
The Small Business Administration continues to add staff to its e-government office.<br>
Gov't officials use Sandia's bioterrorism simulator
Alameda County, Calif., officials recently joined their federal and state counterparts in a six-hour anthrax-attack drill using a simulator developed by an Energy Department laboratory.<br>
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