VA finally gets its IT all in one basket
Between Dec. 18 and next April, the Veterans Affairs Department expects to complete what a chorus of administration, congressional and IT experts have been advocating for years'centralizing its IT organization.
HHS call for e-health records answered
Several large companies are collaborating to develop Web-based employee personal health records.
VA picks vendors for $1b VistA services
The Veterans Affairs Department has selected eight companies to provide application maintenance services worth up to $1 billion for its VistA electronic health records system.
FAA awards GTSI $63M IT hardware contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded GTSI Corp. a purchasing vehicle contract to consolidate the agency's procurement of IT peripherals.
VA to consolidate IT staff under CIO
The Veterans Affairs Department later this month will begin moving all IT staff that have not already been placed under the authority of the department CIO.
Senators drop hold on EPA CIO vote
Two senators have lifted their hold on the nomination of Molly O'Neill to be the Environmental Protection Agency's CIO.
Smaller banks suffer Fed access delay
A Federal Reserve online service experienced intermittent problems when a number of small and medium-sized banks tried to access it earlier this week to perform daily financial activities.
VA moves IT development, management under CIO
VA will centralize IT development and management under the department CIO, VA CIO Robert Howard said today.
NIH shifts to research grant e-applications
NIH will require those who apply for its major research project grants to submit their applications electronically starting Feb. 5.
HHS developing emergency-responder health IT use
The Health and Human Services Department is developing details of an emergency-responder electronic health record as another early use for health IT.
IRS drops seat management competition
The IRS will not proceed with a public-private competition under OMB Circular A-76 for the entire Seat Management program, the agency said today.
Arrest made in DOT laptop theft
Law enforcement officials arrested a suspect in the theft of a laptop belonging to a Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General in the same restaurant parking lot near Miami from which the laptop was taken.
OMB proposes accounting standards
The Office of Management and Budget released a draft of a common governmentwide accounting classification structure as part of an effort to standardize business processes and data elements in support of the Financial Management Line of Business.
GAO details oversight areas for 110th Congress
IT security improvements and identity theft deterrence are among the leading topics the Government Accountability Office plans to investigate next year.
USDA to buy encryption products for mobile devices
The Agriculture Department is seeking sources and quotes for automated encryption applications to protect sensitive data stored on its mobile devices such as laptop computers, USB storage devices and personal data assistants.
Treasury CIO Hobbs to leave
Treasury Department CIO Ira Hobbs will retire Jan. 3.
Agencies improve financial rigor
All major federal agencies beat out the private sector for the second consecutive year by completing their Performance and Accountability Reports and financial statements on the 45-day accelerated schedule.
IRS to prioritize IT infrastructure updates with modernization
The IRS is developing plans to dovetail improving technologies for its IT infrastructure and process model with its application modernization road map.
VA awards Aquilent content management task order
The Veterans Affairs Department awarded Aquilent Inc. a task order to establish an integrated content strategy framework for VA's Enterprise Content Management System.
Apps can expand security scrutiny
On the heels of the Office of Management and Budget's June call for wider use of encryption to protect sensitive data when it leaves agency premises or is accessed remotely, agencies are taking several approaches.
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