OMB restricts more IT projects
After halting IT infrastructure efforts last month at agencies tapped to become part of the proposed Homeland Security Department, the Office of Management and Budget now has directed these same agencies to cease work on financial, personnel and procurement system projects.
California governments move services online
Residents of Nevada County, Calif., and the cities of Davis and Bakersfield this summer began paying county taxes, finding housing regulations and applying for building permits online.
Air Force units innovate with e-learning software
The Air Force Information Warfare Center at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, recently began using electronic-learning software to track human resources information for military personnel.
Administration launches a clearinghouse for volunteers
President Bush this week introduced the USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network, a Web portal that will act as a clearinghouse for more than 50,000 volunteer organizations nationwide.
OMB demands management systems consolidation for HSD agencies
The Office of Management and Budget has placed further IT development constraints on agencies it expects to become part of the proposed Homeland Security Department.
OMB halts spending for homeland security IT
The eight agencies slated to make up the proposed Homeland Security Department have stopped work on all IT projects valued at $500,000 or more, as ordered by the Office of Management and Budget.
Defense, GSA agree to disagree
After nine months of deliberation, the Defense Department decided this month not to merge its Interim External Certification Authority program with the General Services Administration's Access Certificates for Electronic Services contract.
Bush administration promotes cybersecurity abroad
To protect networks in this country, the Bush Administration must make sure U.S. allies do the same.
GSA leads in smart-card spec development
Before Sept. 11, Michael R. Brooks thought smart cards were a solution looking for a problem.
All together now
An interoperability standard approved this month will require smart-card developers to make civilian agency cards compatible with the Defense Department's Common Access Card.
OMB will consolidate Homeland Security systems work
Office of Management and Budget director Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. today told agencies of the proposed Homeland Security Department to stop work on all IT infrastructure and modernization plans with lifecycle costs greater than $500,000, pending approval by a new Homeland Security IT Investment Review Group.
What's wrong with these pictures?
The government's rush to secure buildings and airports has raised interest in biometric products. But as testers at the Defense Department's Biometrics Fusion Center know, all of those products are fallible.
In a blink
Last month, staff members in the House Office of Legislative Counsel began signing on to their network by gazing into iris-recognition cameras atop their computers.
Board makes smart-card specifications official
The General Services Administration's Industry Advisory Board unanimously accepted smart-card interoperability specifications today.
Vote on NIST smart-card standards is set for next week
The government's interagency smart-card group next week will vote on whether to adopt newly released interoperability standards for smart-card hardware and software.
Agriculture begins to issue digital certificates
Although a full-scale public-key infrastructure is not yet in place, the Agriculture Department has begun issuing its first 300 digital certificates for conducting online transactions with the department.
Here's Chip Gizmo
Thirty-year-old Chip Gizmo will be the new computer technician at what is arguably the most famous Army base, Camp Swampy.
Weather center files data on NAS
The Aviation Weather Center, a Kansas City, Mo., unit of the National Weather Service, has installed network-attached storage to give its meteorologists more time to refine computer-generated forecasts.
FEMA speeds up plans for new architecture and portal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency expects to have the blueprint for its new enterprise architecture finished as early as this week and the first release of its disaster information portal in August.
Peas and Queues
When grocery shoppers began going online several years ago, the Agriculture Department's Les Johnson decided public-school lunch managers needed the same convenience and savings.
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