@Info.Policy: Will privacy officers really protect privacy?
Did Congress need to mandate the creation of chief privacy officers in agencies?
Incumbent vendor wins Geospatial One-Stop revamp
ESRI will redesign the Geospatial One Stop portal that it created under a new five-year, $2.4 million contract.
Lockheed Martin wins $1.9 billion A-76 competition at FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected Lockheed Martin to take over automated flight services following an OMB A-76 review.
OPM, Education take action on diploma mills
Several agencies are taking steps to educate the public and employers about the problem of employees holding fake degrees from unaccredited schools.
Geosystem of systems gets boost
The tsunami has "moved Earth observations out of the science realm and into the policy realm" where funding chances are better, NOAA deputy chief Jack Kelly says.
EDITOR'S DESK: PC abandonment is no surprise, yet sad
No one should be surprised that IBM Corp. is trying to unload its PC business to a company in China, but that doesn't mean it's not sad.
Major programs within the Coast Guard
The Coast Guard's modernization project is scheduled to run for 25 years and cost $17 billion.
IT systems paint detailed picture of U.S. waterways
The Coast Guard is deploying a sophisticated array of information systems to achieve what it calls 'maritime domain awareness''a comprehensive portrait of the nation's coasts and waterways.
OFPP sees ways to improve buying
It took 387 days for the Senate to confirm David Safavian as head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Information suite has four-star beta tester
The new Joint Systems Integration Command in Suffolk, Va., has 160 computer and communications engineers working on 'near-term insertion, within one year' of prototypes to close technology gaps in the field.
DOD supply app to manage medical supplies on the battlefield
Doctors serving wounded and sick soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq should get the medical supplies they need thanks to a new feature the Defense Department is developing for its medical supplies support application.
Onboard system gives Marines a grip on their fleet
Managing 2,200 light vehicles for the Marine Corps' Southwest Region Fleet Transportation is a major effort.
New HUD IT chief to start Monday
DOT's Lisa Schlosser will take over as CIO for the Housing and Urban Development Department on Monday.
OPM to rate agencies' IT training
The Office of Personnel Management tells agencies it will start tracking their success training IT employees.
NIST issues revised draft specs for federal ID cards
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released specifications to firm up biometric plans for governmentwide smart cards.
PTO puts trademark application files online
The Patent and Trademark Office is now making official trademark application files, including decisions by trademark examining attorneys, available online.
OPM launches one-stop hiring site
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make the hiring process a little easier for agencies by including all information on a single Web site.
NIST issues final draft of IT security controls
The government's standards shop has released the final draft of recommended security controls for federal systems, a fine-tuned version of a document that will become a mandatory by year-end.
CIOs need to get behind telework, GSA says
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font color> Agency CIOs are partly to blame for only about 100,000 of 750,000 eligible feds teleworking at least one day a week, GSA deputy administrator David Bibb says.
CIOs, FTS, FSS among areas GSA is looking to restructure
GSA is evaluating whether it needs separate CIOs in each of its three services and headquarters and how it could consolidate their IT systems.
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