DHS to update its collaboration portals
The Homeland Security Department is considering a competition within the next six months to refresh its intranet and extranet collaboration portals.
GAO to investigate voting irregularities
The Government Accountability Office will investigate the 2004 general election, including an examination of the security of electronic voting.
Soldiers get virtual home visits
Thanks to videoconferencing technology, soldiers can do more than just dream about their loved ones back home.
VA, DOD to collaborate on discharge, exam processing
The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments have a deal to combine the physical examinations service members undergo when they leave the military.
NSF has less R&D money under new budget
The President's IT Advisory Committee recommended increasing National Science Foundation funding for cybersecurity research, but Congress has cut the budget.
DOD conducts real-time Web services test
The Joint Forces Command, Strategic Command and Defense Information Systems Agency this month tried out Web services in simulated combat.
IRS modernization left with lean budget
The $388 billion federal omnibus spending bill makes available $205 million for IRS' Business Systems Modernization program.
Senate confirms Safavian to head OFPP
The Senate on Sunday confirmed David Safavian as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Congress defuses attacks on e-gov, competitive sourcing
Congress late last week gave two of the administration's top management priorities'competitive sourcing and e-government'a shot in the arm.
Atmospheric research center plugs into grid computing
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is ramping up for grid computing with a test bed for managing multiple supercomputing resources under a single interface.
OPM to absorb Defense background investigation service
The Office of Personnel Management by Feb. 20 will take over 90 percent to 95 percent of the background clearances for all nonpresidential appointees.
DOD advances supercomputing benchmarks
The Defense Department's High Performance Computing Modernization Program is developing a new process to evaluate potential systems.
Driver's license dispute figures in intelligence bill talks
Debate on reshaping the nation's intelligence agencies is revolving not only around funding control but also a bid to deny driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
Reichelt to leave GSA
Karl Reichelt, the General Services Administration's chief of staff and acting chief acquisition officer, resigned late last week and will leave the agency Dec. 31.
Trojan begins climbing aboard some smart phones
A Trojan program called Skulls has appeared that disables many of the functions of Internet-enabled cell phones using the Symbian Ltd. consortium OS.
CISOs are overworked and underfunded, study says
Chief information security officers have little time for testing and installing security patches on government IT systems, a study released today says.
Microsoft pact with Air Force could be model for DOD
An enterprisewide software and services agreement the Air Force has signed with Microsoft promises to save more than $100 million.
More funding needed for security R&D, IT committee says
The government has shortchanged basic research into cybersecurity and should at least quadruple the money available for civilian research, the President's IT Advisory Committee says.
Stenbit joins board of Groove Networks
The former Defense CIO has been appointed to the board of directors at collaboration software developer Groove Networks Inc.
Permanent security panel nears; DHS faces shakeups
The House Homeland Security Select Committee soon will become a permanent committee with expanded powers and fewer members, its chairman said today.
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