Telework Investment 101
According to the new General Services Administration telework study, if a large agency of about 100,000 spends about $16 million over three years to let 50,000 people telework at least once a week, that agency could save about $36 million.
Navy seals SeaPort Enhanced support pact
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a contract to Apptis Inc. to deliver services ranging from personnel to data collection under the SeaPort Enhanced initiative.
DARPA awards secure network deal
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contract to Raytheon Co. to build a secure enterprise network.
U.S. vulnerable to 'cyber Katrina'
The United States is poorly prepared for an attack on the Internet, with no coordinated plan for restoring and recovering the World Wide Web after a major disruption, according to a new report.
GAO pulls archived personal data from Web
The Government Accountability Office has pulled from its Web site personal information on certain government employees after discovering that the archived data had been inadvertently posted online.
Mocny named acting director of U.S. Visit program
Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff yesterday appointed Robert A. Mocny acting director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program.
OMB emphasizes data security guidance
The Office of Management and Budget creates a checklist of best practices that agencies must have in place in 45 days to compensate for the absence of physical security controls when employees remove information or access it from outside of agency premises.
OMB beefs up protections for sensitive information
Johnson spells out specific steps that agencies should follow to protect data that users take off site or access from remote locations.
LexisNexis unveils Advanced Government Solutions package
A new set of offerings uses the firm's access to archived information to provide government users with specialized capabilities.
IPv6 or no IPv6?
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Agencies slow in adopting IPv6, survey finds
An independent survey of federal agencies released today found that less than 4 percent have finished IPv6 implementation and less than 8 percent have completed their transition plans.
Navy finds personnel data online
Naval officials disclosed that personal information on about 28,000 sailors and their families was discovered on a civilian Web site.
Treasury tracks terror financing
The Treasury Department conducts searches of selected international financial transactions transmitted through an organization that provides most of the world's secure financial messaging.
GAO: VA/DOD health data exchange not ready
By Bob Brewin The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have much more work to do than they originally envisioned to achieve true two way exchange of patient information and have experienced delays in a project to exchange computable health information, the Government Accountability Office reported.
Transportation secretary to step down
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta will leave his post early next month.
VA attorney interpreted CIO out of enforcement
The Veterans Affairs Department's top attorney defends his legal opinion that federal law does not require that the department CIO have authority over enforcement of IT security.
And another thing...
Slang expressions, born at the grass roots and raised in the neighborhoods, often have a fairly short shelf life
THE COMMUNITY: Contracting, from the top
MORE THAN 200 ATTENDEES got together in McLean. Va., for the Lessons of the Top 100 event sponsored by GCN's sister publication, Washington Technology.
The Packet Rat | Once more, unto the breach
The Rat has finally found a silver lining in the recent loss of veterans' data in the laptop theft that has disgraced the Veterans Affairs Department.
OFPP gets ready to move beyond Safavian
On the same day the former chief of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy was convicted, the White House's nominee to lead the office Safavian once ran said he will make government contracting more transparent and accountable.
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