CIO Council issues third version of FEA security/privacy profile
In the latest version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Security and Privacy Profile, the CIO Council for the first time gives agencies a document that is built from reality.
Qwest names new government relations head
Tom McMahon has been a press secretary for two members of Congress.
Online extra | Delay in e-gov funding puts some projects in a bind
Four of five federal agencies received approval from the House and Senate Appropriations committees to transfer funds to the managing partners of E-Government projects on June 30'the last day of the third quarter of the federal fiscal year. This was three months earlier than approval was granted last year, but it still put agencies in a bind.
DHS' new chief privacy officer gets no honeymoon
Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff has filled one of the gaps in the department's ranks of permanent senior officials by appointing Hugo Teufel III chief privacy officer.
New FAS chief undertakes analysis of division
The new chief of the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service is taking a broad review of the division and could make some changes as the agency's reorganization moves forward.
New database lets IT purchasers buy 'green'
An environmental consortium will unveil a federally funded database next week listing computer hardware products that meet relatively new environmentally friendly standards.
Beleaguered GTSI sheds reseller model
After suffering a 'perfect storm' in 2005, company officials steer new course.
GAO rejects protest of DHS Eagle contract award
The Government Accountability Office has closed Indus Corp.'s bid protest over the Homeland Security Department's multibillion-dollar Eagle contract for IT services.
DARPA taps Analex for security services
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to Analex Corp. to supply technology-related and other security services for the organization's Security and Intelligence Directorate.
DHS authorization bill: A mandate for info sharing
The House bill calls for DHS to establish a "comprehensive" IT network architecture, which would be run by an Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
Navy in training pact with Lockheed Martin
The Navy has awarded a $150 million task order to a team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver training support to surface ship combat systems sailors.
The Packet Rat | Net neutrality doesn't get Google's first-class treatment
'No wonder the Google boys were so far out of the loop on their net neutrality lobbying effort,' the Rat remarked to his minions over the top of his hard-copy Wall Street Journal.
And another thing...
Every technological innovation has at least two sides: the good and the bad.
COMMUNITY: Graduation rates
It doesn't have a football team or a fight song, but the CIO University did have a prestigious 2006 class to honor during graduation ceremonies this month.
FEMA database to ID first responders
Documentation for millions of emergency personnel nationwide is being aggregated into a National Emergency Responder Credentialing System.
DHS' technology check is in the mail
Congress is building a Homeland Security Department funding pi'ata'with technology-laced spending sweeteners for every state and congressional district'that is on a fast track for enactment before fiscal 2007 begins on Oct. 1.
HSPD-12 shared-services solicitation expanded
The General Services Administration has added a new milestone to the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 shared-services request for proposals and is working on an agreement for agencies to obtain services once they are set up.
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