Conference targets the ABCs of security
If the essence of security is in diligence and details, training and awareness are key at government agencies. And that was the focus last week at the 16th Annual Conference of the Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association in Silver Spring, Md. FISSEA cosponsored the conference with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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President Bush has named <b>Mark Forman</b>, the Office of Management and Budget's associate director for IT and e-government, to be administrator of the White House Office of E-Government.
Terror center sparks Hill skepticism
Lawmakers last month voiced skepticism about Bush administration plans for a new Terrorism Threat Integration Center that can merge counterterrorism data gathered by the government's intelligence agencies.
Labor stats office turns to new metrics tool
An office in the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects to start using new metrics software to assess how economists collect employee wage, earnings and benefits data from thousands of companies nationwide.<br>
New smart-card guidance coming soon
The Transportation Security Administration's smart-card pilot could overlap the release of new guidelines from the General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget.
TSA to put smart cards in play
The Transportation Security Administration is forging ahead with a smart-card pilot and airline passenger-screening project, despite an anticipated multimillion-dollar budget shortfall next year.
Team pushes ahead on Entry-Exit Program
As Immigration and Naturalization Service chiefs work to bring the agency under the aegis of the new Homeland Security Department, a systems team is scrambling to keep INS' premier antiterrorism effort'the Entry-Exit Program'on pace.
Treasury appoints new CIO
Drew Ladner will be announced as Treasury's new CIO on Monday, the department said.<br>
Transportation fills long-empty CIO post
The Transportation Department today named Daniel Matthews as its new CIO, filling a post that has been manned on an interim basis for more than two years. <br>
SCO sues IBM over Unix
The SCO Group of Lindon, Utah, today announced it is suing IBM Corp. for $1 billion over intellectual property rights to the Unix operating system.<br>
DOD buyers can order by phone via EMall
The Defense Logistics Agency has contracted for a 24-hour phone ordering service for buyers with government purchase cards.<br>
Sharp's Kitty sits upright
The latest notebook PC from Sharp Systems of America is so small, portable and sleek it's hard to distinguish from a handheld computer, especially when standing up in its slim docking station.
Online Extra: Mission Control -- Program Assessment Rating Tool can be a matter of common sense
The Program Assessment Rating Tool is supposed to evaluate a program's purpose and design, planning, management, and results and accountability to determine its overall effectiveness. It could work better.
GSA putting together next version of FTS2001, MAA contracts
The General Services Administration has developed a draft strategy for the next generation of its FTS 2001 and Metropolitan Area Acquisition governmentwide contracts.<br>
Whistleblowers tell Congress: Gut Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory officials tried to stymie investigators looking into theft and corruption at the New Mexico weapons lab, a House oversight panel heard late last month.
DOD sets net security plan
The Pentagon's latest information assurance directive offers specifics that Defense Department users need to secure military systems, but some observers fear that the new policy could complicate the acquisition and budget processes.
IRS modernization chief to leave agency
As the IRS Business Systems Modernization initiative heads into a crucial phase, John Reece, the CIO and deputy commissioner for modernization who has overseen the project since March 2001, is planning to leave the agency.
OMB plans Round 2 of e-gov
Office of Management and Budget officials are focusing on backroom operations and homeland security systems as they look past the 25 Quicksilver initiatives to the next wave of e-government projects.
Congress removes cap on NMCI seats
Congress late last month authorized the Navy to rescind a 60,000-seat limit for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet and to begin moving 100,000 additional seats to the NMCI network.
State plans to get SMART on messaging
The State Department wants to build a new e-mail system.The $10 million State Messaging, Archiving and Retrieval (SMART) system would replace the canceled Overseas Presence Interagency Collaboration pilot, a department official said.
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