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.
ID cards need GSA standards
Without a standard set of interfaces, the identification cards issued under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 would be nothing more than souped-up flash passes. That's the risk John Sindelar and the General Services Administration are working to avoid.
Scam exploits Treasury e-payment system
The IRS is warning taxpayers about a new e-mail scam that uses the Treasury Department's Electronic Federal Tax Payment System as a hook to lure individuals into disclosing their personal information.
Report: E-prescribing can reduce drug injuries
The use of electronic prescribing by physicians could avoid many of the 1.5 million annual preventable drug injuries, according to the Institute of Medicine.
GAO report highlights high-risk IT projects
For David Powner, director of IT management issues at the Government Accountability Office, the problem with the Office of Management and Budget's data on at-risk IT projects is not so much what the information contains, but rather, what it does not. Karen Evans, OMB's administrator of E-Government and IT, begs to differ.
EPA must assess data center energy efficiency
The House of Representatives passed legislation earlier this month ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study analyzing the growth and energy consumption of federal and private computer data centers.
GSA wants information on E-Authentication services
The General Services Administration in the next month will release a request for information on the cost implications of using existing credentials in the E-Authentication federation.
Is the financial LOB ready for prime time?
Depending on who you talk to, the Labor Department's decision to tap the private sector for financial-management hosting services is a clear example either of what is right or wrong with the way the White House has pursued the Financial Management Line of Business initiative.
OMB sets one-hour data breach rule
With the deluge of recent data breaches, the Office of Management and Budget is pushing agencies toward stricter IT security accountability. Agencies now have a clear standard for reporting all incidents and a comprehensive definition of personally identifiable information.
Web extra: Wi-Fi lunch is free, but dessert will cost you
Philadelphia's plan to build the first public wireless network in a large city piqued interests as far away as Savannah, Ga., and Cincinnati.
DISA puts an end to ad hoc collaboration
The Defense Information Systems Agency has hired IBM Corp. to provide enterprisewide 'pay for use' collaboration services under its Net-Centric Enterprise Services program. The contract will bring instant messaging, text chat, Web conferencing, whiteboarding and application sharing, including audio and video capabilities.
USPS gets a lift
When the Postal Service launched an initiative to better maintain safety records for its industrial vehicles, the goal was modest'reduce the agency's reporting burden. Well over a year later, though, the Powered Industrial Vehicle Management System has produced a significant number of benefits, not only automating the reporting process but improving safety and helping USPS better manage its industrial fleet.
Senate appropriators restore funding for RSM project
Office of Personnel Management officials breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday when Senate appropriators restored funding for the agency's massive Retirement Systems Modernization project.
Davis amends IT security act in light of data breaches
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) promised earlier this year to determine whether the Federal Information Security Management Act needs updating.
IRS lends a hand to FinCEN's tracking efforts
The IRS is rescuing a fellow Treasury Department bureau after a major data-sharing project fell prey to management problems.
E-government at funding crossroads
Congressional appropriators have applied spending restrictions that would leave the 25 government-wide projects and Lines of Business initiatives struggling to move forward. Committee staff people on the Hill insist Congress doesn't have anything against e-government, but that agencies' failure to explain the value of the projects has caused lawmakers to balk at funding the cross-agency systems.
CIOs crucial to financial-management performance
Chief financial officers are in agreeement that as agencies modernize their financial management systems, they must reach out to and collaborate with their CIO counterparts.
A picture-perfect Vista?
Maybe not, but there's a lot to like about Microsoft's forthcoming operating system, including a snazzy user interface, stronger security and improved network features.
Vendors try to turn down the heat
Sun and HP appeal to data-center managers with energy-saving servers, cooling systems.
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