Data sharing starts on the Web
Bill Spalding, CIO of the interagency Terrorist Threat Integration Center, has supervised the creation of an information architecture for the intelligence community's main nerve center for homeland security intelligence gathered overseas.
Time is money, and videoconferencing saves both
Why is videoconferencing becoming all the rage? It's mostly the money. 'Our agency is divided between Colorado and Washington, so it saves money to use videoconferencing,' said a senior communications and systems specialist for the Interior Department's National Business Center in Denver.
State lines
<b>Health standards</b>. Maine's Bureau of Health plans to award a contract to implement the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's public health information network standards across its 33 databases by late summer. The Health Bureau recently hired GovConnect Inc. of Cincinnati to assist with the evaluation of the vendor and management of the contract.
Social Security will require online W-2 reports in 2006
The Social Security Administration will require that employers file their annual W-2 reports over the Internet beginning in 2006.
Rules panel splits decision on Accenture's DHS contracts
The House Rules Committee has blocked an effort to cancel Accenture LLP's multibillion-dollar U.S. Visit contract.
SSA should cross-verify numbers across databases to protect against theft, IG says
That was one of several recommendations proposed yesterday to lawmakers.
DARPA calls for ideas on advanced comm project
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency last week released two requests for comments for its Next Generation Communications program.
Putnam, Davis introduce Clinger-Cohen amendments
Reps. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) and Tom Davis (R-Va.) added proposed language to four sections of the 1996 Clinger-Cohen Act.
States, feds working to fix Matrix
State officials would keep greater control of their own information under a plan that federal officials hope will bolster support for an antiterrorism information-sharing network.
AFFIRM honors Transportation's Matthews for leadership
The Association for Federal Information Resource Managers today honored Transportation Department CIO Dan Matthews with its most prestigious award.
Deputy CIO leaves FAA for private sector
Arthur Pyster, the Federal Aviation Administration's deputy CIO, has resigned and leaves the flight agency today for the private sector.
Solons: Attaboy, Ridge, on U.S. Visit pact
Two influential members of Congress have praised the Homeland Security Department's decision to award the U.S. Visit contract to Accenture Ltd.
Munns to leave NMCI
Rear Adm. Charles L. Munns, director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, will leave that position to take over as commander of the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force.
Library of Congress chooses four universities for digital preservation research
Under the Library of Congress' $100 million National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, four universities will develop a set of strategies and best practices.
National Guard couple weds via Internet
Shadow Evans and Richard Everton, both sergeants in the Massachusetts National Guard, were married earlier this month by videoconference.
Program at nation's major ports tests ways to secure containers
While Seattle sleeps, port officials in Puget Sound are on their second cup of double-jolt espresso, working to keep cargo safe in the nation's third-largest center for containerized imports and exports.
DFAS buys Unisys' managed services
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has awarded Unisys Corp. an $83.5 million contract for a wide range of managed desktop services.
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On Sept. 11, 2001, all terrorism became local. State and local governments remain the front-line soldiers in the war against terror on domestic fronts.
EA, Act 2
Many agencies that implement an enterprise architecture don't see the benefits of it for many years. But the Homeland Security Department doesn't have the luxury of waiting.
Problem sharing
Under a moonless sky on a desolate stretch of Texas' border with Mexico, Border Patrol agents with spotlights pinpoint scurrying illegal entrants and gather them into a waiting vehicle. After the agents bring the border crossers to the station for processing, most agree to return voluntarily to Mexico.
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