DOD raises the bar on info assurance
New manual on security training could be a model for the rest of government
QDR to focus on Defense networks, transformation
The state of future warfare was debated quite a bit in the run up to the Quadrennial Defense Review, a senior official said, but in the end networks and information security scored big as key areas of focus.
OMB to name three grant management shared-service providers
The mostly dormant Grants Line of Business initiative will come alive this year when the Office of Management and Budget gives three agencies the authority to become cross-agency shared service providers.
NIST finalizes biometric specification for HSPD-12
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued the final biometric specifications for Federal Information Processing Standard-201.
GSA poised to release national capital telecom, data solicitation
The General Services Administration will issue a draft request for proposal in early March for its $1.8 billion follow-on contract for local telecommunications and data services in the Washington metropolitan area.
Eight agencies earn top marks in PMA scorecard
The Environmental Protection Agency, the Housing and Urban Development Department and NASA improved to earn the coveted green score for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2005, joining the Labor Department, the Small Business Administration and the National Finance Center, which maintained their green status from the previous quarter.
Agencies make headway in reducing improper payments
Federal agencies cut $7.8 billion from improper payments, reducing the total of payments made in error or to the wrong persons by 17 percent last year, according to a new OMB report.
DISA's Filippi to implement information-sharing executive order across DOD
Debra Filippi is leaving the Defense Information Systems Agency to become the new Defense Department lead for terrorism information-sharing.
Treasury awards $15 million validation contract
The Treasury Department has awarded a $15 million contract to G&B Solutions Inc. of McLean, Va., to provide independent verification and validation support services to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
DOJ skeptical of exemptions to a BlackBerry injunction
As a potential shutdown of the popular handheld BlackBerry devices and network looms, the Justice Department is still not convinced that government users can be easily exempted from a possible injunction.
Input: Federal IT spending accelerates in first quarter
The federal government awarded more than $28 billion in IT-related prime contracts during the first quarter of fiscal 2006, an increase of more than 40 percent compared to the same period in fiscal 2005, according to market research firm Input Inc.
Massachusetts radio system deal awarded to CII
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has awarded Communications International Inc. a $7.8 million contract to continue building and testing a new interoperable radio communications system.
IG: EPA contract management system needs better security
The Environmental Protection Agency should place greater emphasis on the security of its automated acquisition and contract management process, according to the agency's inspector general.
DOD tackles parallel processing challenges with new program
A programming tool for parallel-processing environments that was originally developed with Defense Department funding is now available commercially from Management Communications and Control Inc. of Arlington, Va.
Defense needs to tighten management of GIG: GAO
The transformational programs that are helping the Defense Department build its Global Information Grid are being mismanaged in a stovepiped manner, with no one held accountable for results.
GSA makes Brennan acting chief of performance division
General Services Administration acting administrator David Bibb has appointed J. Gregory Brennan as the new acting head of the Office of Performance Improvement.
Biometrics look ready for prime time
Technologies improve just in time for HSPD-12 rollouts
Bush promotes e-health records, technology funding in address
The president told Congress that his administration will promote the greater use of electronic health records and other IT tools so health care will become more reliable and affordable.
GPO looks to industry for building EA foundation
While the Government Printing Office hopes its search for a vendor to integrate its major Future Digital System will transform how the government manages information, GPO hopes another search will have an even broader impact on the agency
Inside the project: Service-oriented architecture
CHALLENGE: NASA needed a way of managing both a growing body of Earth science data'from NASA centers and academic partners'as well as an increasing number of software tools built to parse the data.
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