NASA gets its IT security off the critical list
Reducing number of systems, deploying patch management are among improvements
OMB looks to orchestrate financial management
Agencies to get performance measures, guidance on how to pick providers when they're moving to shared-services providers
Breaking the bureacracy
To meet PIV II, agencies take collaboration to the next level
Rush, but verify
With an impending deadline, and despite a lack of working products, agencies race to get infrastructures ready for interoperable smart cards
After $77m, GSA pulls the plug
Auditors say GSA Preferred had failed; legacy systems to be restored
DHS moves quickly to redirect Emerge2
Early metrics didn't look good, so the agency will adopt shared-services model
Security fears push PKI to front burner
Defense to accelerate use of encryption, digital signatures to stymie hacker attacks
HHS awards $6 million in eprescribing pilot contracts
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded $6 million in contracts to launch a pilot project to test initial standards for electronic prescribing during this year.
SEC offers incentives for corporate XBRL filing
The Securities and Exchange Commission will offer public companies expedited reviews of their registration statements and annual reports if they volunteer for a test group as part of the SEC's interactive data initiative.
IRS enhances Free File service for 2006 filing season
More than 70 percent of the nation's taxpayers'more than 92 million people with an adjusted gross income of $50,000 or less'qualify this year for Free File. Tax filers access Free File services through the IRS.gov Web site.
JSF program office awards acquisition support contract
The Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program office has awarded a $10.5 million contract to Dynamics Research Corp. for a range of acquisition support services.
Army enlists Unitech for battlefield training work
Improved training on shoulder-launched weapons is the goal of a contract the Army awarded to Universal Systems and Technology Inc.
Florida county taps CompuDyne for records management
Volusia County, Fla., is implementing a new records management system that will allow for better information sharing and make the county's public safety and law enforcement agencies more effective.
Navy's Wennergren named CIO Council vice chairman
Dave Wennergren, the Navy Department's CIO, replaces Dan Matthews, the former Transportation CIO who returned to the private sector.
Agencies migrate most funding applications to Grants.gov
In fiscal 2005, 20 out of 26 federal grant-making agencies posted one-fourth of their opportunities at Grants.gov and received more than 15,000 applications.
DHS e-passport pilot project begins
The three-month collaborative pilot project sponsored by the Homeland Security is designed to gauge the effectiveness of e-passports containing biometric information.
DHS grant kit offers cybersecurity guidance
The Homeland Security Department's new preparedness unit is urging state governors to prepare cybersecurity plans, adopt a new national XML-based model for information-sharing and implement newly developed common rules for geospatial content.
You are who you are
Identity management systems can help agencies meet security mandates
Fight against viruses, spam and phishing
MailFrontier M500 holds up well against emerging e-mail threats
Shadowing the mail server
NearPoint for Exchange eases the pain of archiving and retrieving e-mail
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