Wyatt Kash | Editor's Desk: VA's data spill
There is every reason to be disturbed by the Veterans Affairs Department's loss of personal data affecting as many as 26.5 million veterans. But most disturbing is how vulnerable other agencies are to the same kind of loss.
Hord Tipton | Interior redesign
Interior Department CIO Hord Tipton has wrestled with some of the most daunting challenges in federal IT: When he took the job in an acting role in mid-2002, the department was reeling from a December 2001 court order that disconnected almost all Interior systems from the Internet.
Incoming
The Defense Department has proposed long-term measures, including a new internal oversight office, to prevent recurring problems that recently forced it to stop processing security clearances for industry, a high-level department official testified before Congress recently.
Comm catches up with units in the field
The speed with which military forces conduct operations in Iraq revealed a gap in command and control: Units essentially were outrunning their communications capabilities. Lower-level commanders were unable to access real-time data while on the move. When word got back to the Joint Systems Integration Command, a team of analysts and engineers set out to find technologies that could plug that gap.
Senate OKs new OMB, GSA chiefs
The Senate has confirmed former congressman Robert Portman as the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Lurita Alexis Doan as the next administrator of the General Services Administration.
DHS' Charbo promoted
The appointment and Senate confirmations filled notable gaps in the senior ranks of a department that has wrestled with leadership turnover for more than a year.
TSA proposes Registered Traveler business plan
The Transportation Security Administration has issued a proposed model for the Registered Traveler program to clarify the roles of the various organizations that jointly would run the operation.
SBA's Business Gateway has new leader
The Small Business Administration has named Nancy Sternberg project manager for its fledgling Business Gateway e-government initiative and plans to relaunch the project in September.
VA outlines data security upgrades
The Veterans Affairs Department is tightening its data security policies in response to the theft of sensitive, private electronic data of 26.5 million veterans.
Davis moves against Treasury's TCE deal
Rep. Tom Davis has asked Karen Evans, administrator of e-government and information technology within the Office of Management and Budget, to step up her support for his efforts to stop the Treasury Department from awarding its Treasury Communications Enterprise contract.
USPS taps Lockheed Martin for processing system
The Postal Service has awarded two contracts totaling $9 million to Lockheed Martin Corp to improve the agency's mail processing system.
DOD awards pair of research deals
Two Defense Department agencies have awarded separate contracts to the U.S. subsidiary of Offshore Systems International Ltd. to provide prototype display solutions for improving battle space communications.
Davis asks OMB to act against TCE
Congressman asks Evans to intercede in Treasury's determination to award its Treasury Communications Enterprise contract rather than using Networx.
Super storage
Multiserver clusters are the new supercomputer stand-in. Here's how storage has adapted to its important new supporting role.
Online Extra | Hearings in the House
Here is a complete listing of the IT hearings held over the last several years, and a detailed look at House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis" (R-Va.) IT agenda.
NIST publishes draft report on PIV card, reader specs
The National Institute of Standards has released a draft report detailing requirements and specifications for smart cards and readers that agencies can use when purchasing products to meet upcoming Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 deadlines.
OMB releases financial-management guidance
The Migration Planning Guidance aims to answer procedural questions and provide insight when agencies conduct competitions for financial-management services from a public or private shared-service provider.
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