Senate confirms Johnson as OMB deputy
The Senate this week confirmed Clay Johnson as deputy director for management in the Office of Management and Budget.<br>
DISA tests D.C. area antiterror service
The Defense Information Systems Agency and a group of contractors are setting up a Washington-area pilot to integrate federal, state and local law enforcement groups to deal with terrorist threats.<br>
Info sharing tools licensed for intelligence users
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's technology investment incubator, has expanded a licensing agreement with one of its client companies to make a collaboration application available to all U.S. intelligence analysts.<br>
Survey finds errors aplenty on .gov sites
In a recent survey of 41 federal Web sites, 28 of them coughed up some sort of bug within the first 15 minutes of a typical visit.
Army set to roll out its logistics app in July
After months of delays, the Army's Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program is finally ready to go live.
NLM establishes public-domain XML suite for journals
The National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information has released comprehensive Extensible Markup Language document type definitions for exchanging and archiving articles electronically.
Share the spectrum, Bush says
President Bush unveiled a plan this month to better manage radio spectrum shared by government and industry.
A new Trojan horse lurks at the gates
IT security professionals have found traces of a stealthy new Trojan horse that as yet has no name.
Open-source software gets nod from DOD
Open-source software proponents last month cheered a memorandum from Defense Department CIO John P. Stenbit, freeing DOD agencies to use open-source software under certain conditions.
STARS begins slow ascent at FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration appears to have finally gotten the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System on track, but budget constraints may hold back deployment.
OMB: Coordinate agency GIS buys
Agencies spend billions of dollars on geographic information systems, but as much as 50 percent is duplicative spending, a senior administration official told lawmakers last week.
Microsoft alters its pricing and service plans
Microsoft Corp. has cut retail prices for its products and added services for license deals.
GAO raps plan for U.S. Visit tracking system
The Homeland Security Department has done a poor job planning for its U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology System, according to the General Accounting Office.
A pair of rugged tablet PCs take on competition
The military-grade tablet PC market has a new vendor: JLT Mobile Computers Inc.
Defense agency gets a handle on its digital media
Up to 100T of military video footage and images is slated for consolidation on a digital media system at the Defense Department's American Forces Information Service.
Justice opens bandwidth clog with video tool
To ease its bandwidth bottleneck, a Justice Department bureau is testing VBXcast, a video-streaming MPEG-4 appliance.
GAO sticks by its ruling on protest of OPM e-gov buy
The General Accounting Office has pushed the Office of Personnel Management closer to reopening a procurement for Recruitment One-Stop'one of the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects.
Callahan will not seek a second term as the president of AFFIRM
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management last week said Laura Callahan, the embattled Homeland Security Department senior director in the CIO office, will not run for a second term as the organization's president.
Paper chase: Diploma buyers beware
The Justice Department has convicted dozens of diploma mill operators over the past 20 years, according to court documents and a former FBI agent who in the 1980s led a bureau task force on the problem.
Lawmakers probe use of trumped-up credentials
Lawmakers have directed the Office of Personnel Management to investigate whether there is a widespread problem of federal employees holding academic credentials from unaccredited colleges and universities.
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