Labor starts A-76 competition for program analysts
The Labor Department is competing 51 program analyst positions in its Bureau of Labor Statistics' Office of Technology and Survey Processing under A-76.
VA security officer resigns
The Veterans Affairs Department chief information security officer Pedro Cadenas Jr. has resigned effective July 13.
Senate panel votes to delay Pass card
The Homeland Security Department's controversial Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative would be postponed for 17 months under an amendment adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Pizzella to leave GSA
Mary Joy Pizzella, the driving force behind improving the FirstGov.gov Web site and making the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services more agency-friendly, is returning to the private sector.
IG: DHS info network falls short
The federally run Homeland Security Information Network is ineffective in supporting information-sharing among federal, state and local officials as it was intended, according to a new report from Homeland Security inspector general Richard Skinner.
Wolf wants agencies to report on telework
Still frustrated by the government's slow adoption of telework policies, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) is taking stronger steps to push a handful of agencies to bolster their telecommuting efforts.
Questions persist on finance LOB guidance
Even after a third hearing this year on the topic, Rep. Todd Platts (R-Pa.) still has several questions about the Office of Management and Budget's Financial Management Line of Business consolidation initiative.
NMCI chief Godwin to retire
Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III has decided to retire, about two years after taking the helm of the multibillion-dollar Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program.
Bill-by-bill look at 2007 appropriations
Tight budgets put the squeeze on agency IT initiatives, including several high-profile projects; some observers wonder whether technology intiatives are being specifically targeted.
IT projects take a hit on funding
Congress' willingness to consider gutting funding for OPM's Retirement Systems Modernization'a program considered essential for government employees'has some industry and government officials wondering if lawmakers are targeting civilian IT projects for cuts because of the ongoing effort to fund the War on Terror.
DHS taps 25 for Eagle procurement
The Homeland Security Department has released a list of the 25 winners of its $6 billion-a-year <a href="http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/HSHQDC%2D05%2DR%2D00010/Attachments.html">Eagle procurement</a> program.
Air Force awards GPS deals
The Air Force has awarded contracts to L-3 Communications Inc. and Rockwell Collins Inc. to develop new Global Positioning System technology for the Air Force.
FBI recovers stolen VA laptop
<font color="CC0000">(Updated) </font>The Veterans Affairs Department said today that law enforcement officials had recovered the stolen laptop containing the personal data of more than 26 million veterans, and that initially it looks as though the data has not been accessed.
Poor data 'governance' underlies security lapses
Inadequate governance policy is the common thread running through events ranging from theft of a data-laden laptop to granting disaster housing money to prison inmates, according to the Data Governance Council.
NIH credit union hit by identity theft scheme
The National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union is investigating the identity theft of some of its 41,000 members.
Symantec combines threat intell feeds, consulting
Symantec Corp. has created a real-time risk-management suite to help its customers thwart cyberattacks faster and more effectively, company officials announced today.
Fail safe
Disaster recovery had been a low priority for many agencies until terrorist attacks, anthrax mailings and hurricanes progressively jolted them out of complacency.
Is smaller more energy efficient?
The Hewlett-Packard Compaq dc7600 Ultraslim desktop consumed the least amount of power when idle of any desktop we've tested, using only 83 watts. If your primary concern is power efficiency or space savings, the $947 dc7600 Ultraslim is a good choice.
When you can't avoid the crash
Recover Pro 6 from Phoenix Technologies stores recovery information right on the hard drive that needs recovering. It's different from other recovery solutions because it lets you boot the computer even if Windows is damaged and won't launch. And it will restore everything back to the way it was before the disaster occurred.<br><b><font color="CC0000">|GCN Lab</font> Reviewer's Choice|</font></b>
A semi-rugged portable that's tough enough
The GCN Lab recently took a look at the new Itronix VR-1, which is something different: a semi-rugged notebook with the specs to back up that ambiguous label.
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