A support team's extreme test
At 6 a.m. on Sept. 12, Neal Shelley walked back into the Army's Information Management Support Center at the Pentagon to survey the damage and try to absorb the loss from the day before.
When a crisis blows in, cool heads will prevail
Neal Shelley stopped in to see his boss, Michael Selves, at the Army's Information Management Support Center at the Pentagon for one of their regular morning meetings. It was about 8:30 a.m. that fateful Sept. 11. A little more than an hour later, after Shelley had returned to his office on the other side of the building, disaster struck.
OMB Web site will post inventoried agency architectures
The Office of Management and Budget is developing a Web site to make agencies' plans for system architectures accessible to government officials and vendors. Norman Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer, said yesterday the Enterprise Architecture Management System should be online by the end of June.
Army, NIMA execs get 'WIT' the program
The Army's Miriam F. Browning and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's Joan R. Vallancewhitacre received top government honors this month for their contributions to computing from the Women in Technology organization.
People on the Move
<b>Lee Harvey</b>, program director for the Army's eArmyU, has won the Association for Federal IRM's May 2002 Leadership Award for his management of the virtual university program.
State seeks to cut duplicate Web links
In the wake of an inspector general report criticizing duplicate Internet connections at overseas posts, the State Department plans to consolidate Net services.
DISA licenses firewalls for PCs and Palm units
The Defense Information Systems Agency has licensed Symantec Desktop Firewall 2.0 for 2 million Defense Department computers, plus Norton AntiVirus 2002 for Palm OS handheld devices.
IG says system for tracking foreign students not effective
The Immigration and Naturalization Service's new student tracking system likely will have minimal impact in solving the problem of tracking foreign students in the United States, the Justice Department's inspector general says.
INS embarks on IT makeover
The Immigration and Naturalization Service plans to fulfill Congress' mandate that it modernize applications to track foreigners and screen people entering the United States by weaving it into a plan for revamping the agency's IT infrastructure.
Systems R&D focuses on response to terrorism
REDONDO BEACH, Calif.'In the wake of Sept. 11, government IT shops have changed more than just how they manage systems. They have also shifted the agendas of academics conducting research into governmental IT.
Defense will base revisions to A-76 process on panel's plan
The Defense Department this summer will issue a plan to improve competitions for privatizing federal programs under OMB Circular A-76.
DOD tests single sign-on system for paperless contracting
The Defense Department this summer will test a one-stop security sign-in for its paperless contracting environment.
Washington wishes upon a star to find new CIO
Washington Gov. Gary Locke announced last month the appointment of Stuart M. McKee, the former vice president of Walt Disney Internet Group, as the state's CIO.
Showdown: data sharing vs. privacy
How can agencies share their information while keeping control of it?
Kellett: Get moving on GPEA
With a year to go before the Government Paperwork Elimination Act kicks in, the Office of Management and Budget is expecting agencies to show substantial progress in automating transactions, two federal executives said last week.
GAO says many agencies have GPRA troubles
The Government Performance and Results Act remains a mystery to many agencies, the General Accounting Office says.
Supreme Court to rule on sex offender sites
The Supreme Court said last week it would review Connecticut's law requiring the online posting of the names, addresses and photographs of convicted sex offenders.
Treasury picks SBC for $13m voice, data BPA
The Treasury Department has awarded SBC Global Services Inc. a 41/2-year, $13 million blanket purchasing agreement to provide the department and its bureaus with telephony equipment and services.
Debra Stouffer becomes the first EPA CTO
Debra Stouffer last week became the Environmental Protection Agency's first chief technology officer.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.