Bill would make feds' student loan payments tax-free
As part of continuing effort to create recruitment incentives, legislation to remove taxes imposed on employees for the student loans their agencies pay was introduced today in Congress.
Homeland Security revving up for acquisitions
The Homeland Security Department soon will begin issuing requests for information for systems and services it needs.<br>
Federal libraries and librarians get information awards
The Federal Library and Information Center Committee has announced the winners of its fourth annual national awards for federal libraries and librarians.
DISA feeds warfighters bandwidth
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to meet its customers' needs by providing more bandwidth to warfighters and military decision-makers, the agency's director said today.<br>
Weakness endangers Net e-mail
Security experts today announced the availability of patches to fix what is being called a critical vulnerability in the world's most popular e-mail transfer agent.<br>
Hill Web sites improve their grades in latest review
Many Web sites for individual members of Congress have improved their services since last year, but the number of poor sites remained almost the same, the Congress Online Project noted today. <br>
NSA sets a three-pronged systems plan
The National Security Agency is pushing a threefold IT agenda: bring in new managers from outside NSA, oppose critics that claim it trespasses on data privacy and use new technology to analyze the data it gathers.
GAO taps SRA to continue network management, upgrade work
The General Accounting Office today announced it has awarded SRA International Inc. a six-year, $105 million follow-on contract to continue upgrading the agency's IT infrastructure. 'SRA helped us turn this organization around,' GAO CIO Tony Cicco said. <br>
GSA releases RFP for complete travel system
The GSA has released the final request for proposals for an online travel management system for the federal government, which could be worth $10 billion over 10 years.<br>
SBA, Georgia and Illinois team up for online employer app
The Small Business Administration yesterday announced the launch of the second piece of its Business Compliance One-Stop e-government project.
Bush launches HSD, pledges incident system
President Bush today welcomed employees to the Homeland Security Department and announced that he will soon order 'the establishment of a unified national incident management system' to give federal agencies common procedures for emergency response. <br>
Wireless security on Homeland Security's agenda
Trade groups are talking to Energy Department laboratories in what could be a yearlong effort to evaluate commercial wireless security. <br>
Grants under way for TIA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has approved 26 research grant proposals for its controversial Total Information Awareness data-mining program, according to documents released to a privacy advocate group.<br>
HP exec: 'It's us and Dell'
Hewlett-Packard Co. personal systems executive vice president Duane Zitzner, speaking today in a teleconference, said that 'in the PC space, it's coming down to us and Dell' Computer Corp. <br>
Homeland Security is on track, Cisco chief says
Cisco Systems Inc. president John Chambers says the Homeland Security Department is well on its way to merging the infrastructures of its 22 component agencies.<br>
Data backup is disk-y business for Virginia agency
How one state agency handles data backup while dealing with a statewide budget crunch.<br>
New Mexico police use new satellite system
New Mexico state police have joined federal civilian and military users of a two-way satellite data radio with Global Positioning System tracking.<br>
DOD releases second half of security policy
The Pentagon released an information assurance policy today that sets specific controls and standards for how users should secure Defense Department networks.<br>
Los Alamos whistleblowers blast mismanagement at lab
Top managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory tried to stop investigations into rampant theft and corruption at the weapons lab, two whistleblowers told a House oversight panel yesterday.
Help is on the way for the tele-weary
The Federal Trade Commission has awarded a 10-year contract to AT&T Government Solutions of Vienna, Va., to develop and implement a national do-not-call telemarketing registry. <br>
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