Defense drafts Business Mission Area Federation Strategy
The Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency has approved the Business Mission Area Federation Strategy, which outlines how the enterprise architectures in the military services and agencies will tie into DOD's overarching business enterprise architecture.
Spyware infections spreading, security expert says
Spyware programs are increasing in number and growing in sophistication to avoid detection, making it harder to guard against infections and more costly to repair their damage.
Data overload threatens wireless industry
As users of mobile devices become more dependent on access to remote resources, the growing demand for bandwidth could threaten the economic viability of the emerging wireless data industry, according to one of the industry's founders.
Web site governance hotly contested in many agencies
Who should be responsible for the content on a federal agency's Web site'the agency's public affairs office, CIO office or some other oversight body?
Remote satellite links go broadband
Inmarsat PLC has launched a new satellite network service offering bigger pipes through smaller terminals that it hopes will be popular with the military and first responders.
David Laufman on deck for Defense IG
President Bush plans to nominate the assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia to become the Defense Department's inspector general.
L.A. county awards transit smart-card deal
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has tapped Affiliated Computer Services Inc. of Dallas to deploy a smart-card system for transit riders.
Alternative Technology adds Fortinet security systems to GSA Schedule
Alternative Technology, an Englewood, Colo.-based distributor of thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, and government-approved security solutions, has added Fortinet, a provider of ASIC-accelerated multi-threat security systems, to its GSA Schedule.
Waiting on WiMax
The expected emergence of equipment operating in U.S. frequency bands could help spark demand for WiMax broadband wireless technology in this country.
Fed plan for cybersecurity R&D released
The government has outlined its first steps for coordinating and expanding federal research and development efforts aimed at improving cybersecurity.
THE COMMUNITY: Taking the lead
The recent GCN IT Leadership Conference in Washington addressed the various aspects of a government manager's job, from long-range visions to the nuts and bolts of day-to-day operations.
Suffering from socially transmitted bookmarks
'I don't know why they call it del.icio.us,' the Rat recently ranted to his wife after another day of beating his head against the results of a security audit.
DHS to keep score on local comm plans
Like security and e-government managers before them, radio interoperability managers in cities across the country soon will receive scorecards on their performance.
HSPD-12 team building front-door standards
If physical access control under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 is going to be moved out from under 'guns and badges' and to the network, it has to start with a set of standards agencies can agree on.
A-76 to play larger role in FMLOB
The Office of Management and Budget has added an unexpected and somewhat confusing twist to the Financial Management Line of Business initiative. Agencies or bureaus with 10 or more employees operating financial systems that do not comply with Financial System Integration Office requirements must now compete for, at minimum, the hosting and application management of their financial systems.
Commerce sets up IT security education program
The first step toward better information security in the government is to provide more training for the people responsible for keeping systems safe. That's the approach being taken by Nancy DeFrancesco, chief information security officer for the Commerce Department.
Charbo's promotion adds punch to DHS IT
Technology management will be a different game at the Homeland Security Department now that CIO Scott Charbo has been promoted to the additional position of acting assistant secretary for management. Charbo's promotion could spur the department's IT reform, but Charbo himself now will have less time to allocate to systems issues.
People on the move
The Senate has confirmed former congressman <b>Robert Portman</b> as the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Lurita Alexis Doan as the next administrator of the General Services Administration.
How do you defend yourself against 'good' employees?
Much has been made of the theft last month of computer equipment containing personal data from the home of a Veterans Affairs Department employee, but less attention has been given to the fact that the real breach occurred when the employee carried that data out of his office.
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