Social Security IG team plans upgrade of forensics app
The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General will be one of the early customers when Guidance Software Inc. releases a new version of its EnCase Forensic software later this month.<br>
Shuttle probe board includes IT in its plan
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has added IT to its design for investigating the crash, chairman Hal Gehman said at a press conference this afternoon.
Balutis, Upson, Brubaker hook up with Input
Three veterans of the public-sector information technology field have joined forces in a new venture, and are also entering an alliance with a market research firm specializing in government IT.<br>
Agencies cite technology as biggest barrier to telework
Technology and cybersecurity remain impediments to allowing more federal workers to telecommute, according to a survey from the Office of Personnel Management.<br>
Military's newest weapon: instant messaging
A military doctor working in Kuwait finds instant messaging, secure communications keep him in touch with his team around the world.<br>
Red Hat Linux gets DII COE nod
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server is the first Linux platform to receive certification for the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment.
OMB breaks down e-gov projects using enterprise models
OMB's Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office is running some of the 25 e-government initiatives through two of the latest architecture reference models.<br>
Change in DOT make-up results in more funds for FAA systems, CIO says
The Transportation Department plans to spend most of its fiscal 2004 IT funding on the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic systems modernization and on DOT telecommunications programs.<br>
NIMA's ruling on unions will affect some IT workers
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has taken away the collective bargaining rights of about 1,000 cartographers, digital imaging and data management specialists, and security guards whose work directly affects national security.
Microsoft takes wraps off XML data-gathering app
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled its Extensible Markup Language collector application, InfoPath, which until now was called XDocs. <br>
Latest FAIR inventory finds 537,000 more commercial jobs
The Office of Management and Budget yesterday said an additional 537,000 federal positions are considered commercial and open to public-private competition under Circular A-76. <br>
Data mining project gets two oversight panels
Reacting to complaints by privacy advocates and Congress about the Total Information Awareness terrorist-tracking project, Defense Department undersecretary Edward C. 'Pete' Aldridge Jr. will chair a TIA oversight board of senior DOD officials. <br>
Terror alert ups security tempo
Federal security agencies will rev up their counterterror activities after today's boost in the terrorism threat level from yellow'elevated'to orange'high, officials said. The FBI also alerted 17,000 state and local law enforcement agencies. <br>
E-gov projects to get 24 percent less funding in 2004
The Office of Management and Budget carried through on its drive to consolidate IT investments among the 25 e-government projects.<br>
Auditor's report slams Hawaii's child support system
Hawaii's Child Support Enforcement Agency has failed to use the information provided by an automated child support enforcement system, according to a consulting firm hired by the state auditor.<br>
What are the rules of cyberwar?
How well can the Bush administration's rules of cyberwar, widely rumored this week to be in the drafting stage, correspond to Geneva Convention principles?<br>
Packet Rat: The Rat ponders the extinction of species
'What's that, Dad?' asked one of the ratlings as the family scurried through the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History one recent weekend.
A new page for Turner
The retirement ceremonies last month for Navy deputy CIO Ron Turner touched on the variety of Turner's experience.
A fond farewell for Stouffer
The Association for Federal Information Resources Managers said so long to Debra Stouffer last month with a reception in Washington.
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