Davis proposes changes to FISMA reporting
Rep. Tom Davis yesterday introduced legislation that would institute stricter requirements in how federal agencies report data breaches.
Agencies to test ID credentials
The Transportation and the Homeland Security departments will test the interoperability of different identification cards at three ports this week.
Senate lawmakers ask for e-gov support
As the appropriations committees continue to take aim at funding for e-government initiatives, two key senators have joined the fracas in support of the administration's goals.
New requirements to HSPD-12 RFP
The General Services Administration has added a new milestone to the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 shared-services request for proposals for vendors to deploy up to 60 enrollment stations per month to federal buildings nationwide from January to October 2007.
DHS hires contractor to get Security LOB going
The Department of Homeland Security has hired a contractor and set a deadline to get the Security Line of Business Consolidation effort off the ground.
GSA readying RFI to figure out costs of E-Authentication
The General Services Administration will in the next month release a request for information on the cost implications of using existing credentials in the E-Authentication federation.
OPM awards contracts OPM awards contracts
The Office of Personnel Management tapped U.S. Investigative Services of Falls Church, Va., to provide back-office and administrative support for agency officials who perform background investigations on potential government employees and contractors.
GSA puts HSPD-12 on a tight timeline
The first large-scale test of the technology that will put Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 into practice is slated to be in place by Oct. 20.
OMB refines use of architectures
OMB is giving agencies a set of guidances designed to make integrating their enterprise architectures with their budget submissions easier and more effective.
OMB streamlines framework for cross-agency initiatives
The Office of Management and Budget is trying to develop a standard way of describing cross-agency initiatives and make the sharing of that information easier.
Surveys: HSPD-12 plans lag
Two recent surveys signaled just how much agencies and vendors are struggling to implement Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12. The biggest area of trouble identified by federal IT security executives and systems integrators was physical-access control.
OMB updates HSPD-12 procurement guidelines
Agencies have until Aug. 30 to tell the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service if they will need assisted services to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
GSA releases RFP for HSPD-12 shared services
Under a request for proposals issued last week, the General Services Administration asked vendors to submit their integrated approach to six business processes in six categories of requirements for each business process under HSPD-12.
Bush nominates McQueary to head DOD test, evaluation office
President Bush nominated Charles E. McQueary to be the Defense Department's new director for Operational Test and Evaluation
Q&A | DOD expert lends a hand on HSPD-12
Mike Butler, chief of DOD's smart-card programs, has been instrumental in getting the program up and running. Now he has been drafted by the General Services Administration to help the rest of government get Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 implemented.
EVM pilot takes closer look at system costs
Under a pilot program that ended in March, OMB worked with the departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development and with the Environmental Protection Agency to use EVM to calculate the baseline cost of legacy systems versus the costs of implementing new applications and the potential savings from that system. Here are the results.
Army Corps keeps IT services in-house
The Army Corps of Engineers isn't saying much about how a public-private partnership won the largest Defense Department competition under the new rules governing A-76, or how the partnership will go about saving the agency $1 billion over the next six years.
Army delays portal consolidation
The Defense Department's plan to begin consolidating at least five of the service's portals into the central Defense Knowledge Online will have to wait a little longer than originally planned.
Pizzella to leave GSA
Mary Joy Pizzella, the driving force behind improving the FirstGov.gov Web site and making the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services more agency-friendly, is returning to the private sector.
Hacker breaks into USDA system; data may be stolen
Secretary Mike Johanns alerted employees in the Washington area that a hacker broke into a database at headquarters and may have stolen the names, Social Security numbers and photos of about 26,000 current and former workers and contractors.
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