DHS will consolidate case management efforts
The Homeland Security Department is preparing a budget request for a consolidated case management system.<br>
Air Force finds success using e-invoices
The Pacific Air Forces and the Air Force's Education and Training Command are piloting an e-commerce application that aims to simplify how they pay contractors.<br>
FAA officially launches STARS in Philadelphia
The Federal Aviation Administration today commissioned its long-awaited advanced air traffic control system at Philadelphia International Airport.<br>
BugBear learns new tricks, targets financial institutions
A new wrinkle has been found in the resurgent BugBear worm.<br>
Navy inventory system collects servicewide award
A Navy automated inventory accounting system has received the assistant secretary of the Navy's Financial Management and Comptroller Team Award.<br>
Security holds its ground in IT crime survey
An annual IT crime survey by the Computer Security Institute and San Francisco's computer intrusion squad shows a dramatic drop in financial losses caused by computer attacks.<br>
GAO criticizes Homeland's plans for U.S. Visit system
In a new report, GAO says the Homeland Security Department has done a poor job planning the acquisition and deployment of the U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology System.<br>
Hot device for hot spots
The new Palm Inc. Tungsten C is like a Palm on steroids. Whereas once the company touted the tininess of its applications and OS, now it produces devices as muscular as any handheld running Microsoft Windows.
GSA proposes putting fed contracts online
The General Services Administration today asked for public comments on a pilot project that will put federal contracts on the Web.<br>
President's agenda is taking root, OMB official says
Agencies are buying in to the President's Management Agenda, a senior administration official says, and that means they are making more progress toward the agenda's goals.<br>
DHS creates division for cybersecurity
The Homeland Security Department has formed a National Cyber Security Division.<br>
Semantic Web wears new face
As government agencies turn to Web services to link disparate applications, Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says the Semantic Web will restructure the actual data content.<br>
Army site goes dynamic
The Army Acquisition Support Center at Fort Belvoir, Va., has jazzed up its Web site using ColdFusion MX and Dreamweaver MX from Macromedia Inc.
Collins quizzes DHS nominees about new systems
A Homeland Security Department nominee says the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II would protect civil rights.<br>
NOAA unveils Frost and Snow for summer
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today unveiled the agency's new workhorse supercomputer for predicting daily weather.<br>
CIO Council firms up roles of system architects
The CIO Council later this month will release a white paper to set standards for the job responsibilities of a solution architect, an enterprise architect and a chief architect. <br>
Air passenger rosters go to the Web
A federal Web site now under development by the Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection Bureau would securely receive mandatory passenger lists for international airline flights. <br>
Oracle makes bid for PeopleSoft
Four days after application software provider PeopleSoft Inc. signed a $1.7 billion deal to buy J.D. Edwards & Co., an even bigger fish announced this morning it wants to swallow PeopleSoft. <br>
Open-source advocate suggests an incentive program for developers
An open-source software advocate has proposed an incentive program to move proprietary software to an open-source business model.
Microsoft makes a gesture at 'touch computing'
In a few years, users could move windows across their computer screens with a gesture and print out encrypted picture identification cards on color printers.
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