Treasury CIO Hobbs to leave
Treasury Department CIO Ira Hobbs will retire Jan. 3.
Agencies improve financial rigor
All major federal agencies beat out the private sector for the second consecutive year by completing their Performance and Accountability Reports and financial statements on the 45-day accelerated schedule.
Health IT issues are focus for only some state CIOs
While a number of state CIOs are active in crafting and monitoring health care information technology initiatives, some are not involved directly in such endeavors.
USDA seeks encryption software for mobile devices
The department could buy as many as 150,000 licenses through blanket purchase agreements with businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.
Army tries to make amends with ITES2-S protesters
The Army is looking to settle with the five companies that successfully protested awards made under the IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract.
IRS to prioritize IT infrastructure updates with modernization
The IRS is developing plans to dovetail improving technologies for its IT infrastructure and process model with its application modernization road map.
Allen amendment to help minority institutions
The program, which will provide grants for universities, colleges and other organizations to buy digital networks, was approved as part of the VA spending bill.
DHS in final deliberations on FirstSource awards
It's been more than a year since the Homeland Security Department released the FirstSource small business set-aside technology commodity request for proposals.
$440M Medicare contract goes to Pearson
A contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been awarded to Pearson Government Solutions to manage its Beneficiary Contact Center program.
IG: SBI-Net at risk
DHS's Inspector General has warned that the agency's Secure Border Initiative Network border surveillance system project is suffering from spiraling costs and delays.
Vermont portal deal won by NIC
The state of Vermont has awarded NIC Inc. a six-year contract to build and manage its e-government portal.
Senators to DOD: Pull the plug on DTS
Senators continued attacks on the Defense Travel System for cost overruns, lack of user acceptance and poor performance, and threatened to terminate the program.
VA awards Aquilent content management task order
The Veterans Affairs Department awarded Aquilent Inc. a task order to establish an integrated content strategy framework for VA's Enterprise Content Management System.
And another thing...
A recent survey by Akamai Technologies confirmed something Web site developers probably already knew: You have four seconds to win your audience.
R. Fink | Vista foreshadows help-ticket trouble
The announcement of Microsoft Windows Vista's release to manufacturing came as something of a shock to the Rat, but not as much as the announcement of the new 'strategic partnership' between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. involving ... Linux.
Virtual Space: CIS launches portal for immigration services
The Homeland Security Department's Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a new portal at its Web site to help provide services to aspiring naturalized citizens as well as persons dealing with refugee, permanent residence and other immigration benefit processes.
NIST eyes new approach to securing its software
OS and applications present an increasingly complex challenge
Apps can expand security scrutiny
On the heels of the Office of Management and Budget's June call for wider use of encryption to protect sensitive data when it leaves agency premises or is accessed remotely, agencies are taking several approaches.
IT security and the contractor
After data breaches, agencies put stricter policies in place
People on the move
Reynolds Cahoon, longtime CIO at the National Archives and Records Administration, left Nov. 10 for the private sector.
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