HSPD-12 hits a critical stretch
It's make-or-break time for Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12. Over the next three months, the Office of Management and Budget expects a number of pieces to fall into place to help major agencies meet the Oct. 27 deadline of issuing at least one secure, interoperable ID card. But a lot still hinges on whether the General Services Administration can finish interoperability testing of products and services, and whether agencies step up to become HSPD-12 shared-services providers of four services common to all agencies.
Hacker infiltrates USDA system
The Agriculture Department announced its employees may have become the latest victims of data theft.
DOD's Butler moves to GSA to help with HSPD-12
Michael Butler, the Defense Department's chief of the smart card program, is moving to the General Services Administration on detail for six months to help agencies with the implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
DHS Special Report | Coast Guard secures facilities with biometrics, RFID system
To understand the promise biometrics and radio frequency identification technology hold for the Homeland Security Department, look no further than two Coast Guard facilities'one in Washington and one in Washington state. At Coast Guard headquarters, a voluntary program'which both campuses use'called RapidGate lets vendors gain easier access to the facility by voluntarily registering for a biometric identification card.
DHS Special Report | Authentication, ID are in the cards
Robert Mocny, deputy program manager for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, has a simple vision for making the borders more secure.It doesn't have to do with 12-foot fences, or unmanned aerial vehicles or anything fancy. It is a simple card combining two technologies that have been around for decades'biometrics and radio frequency identification.
Steven Law | E-gov's Ardent Activist
Steven Law is the second deputy secretary of the Labor Department to head the President's Management Council's E-government Committee. It's no surprise that the Office of Management and Budget continues to tap Labor Department leaders.
USDA to merge e-mail, data systems
E-mail will be first on the list to go. The Agriculture Department plans to consolidate three platforms and five different versions into Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange 2003 by October 2007. And that's only the beginning. The agency will next target LANs and data centers for consolidation.
USDA covers its bases with a detailed plan
The Agriculture Department's wireless policy, updated in April through a series of departmental notices, comprises everything from architectural requirements to acquisition guidance.
Agencies, vendors struggle with HSPD-12, surveys say
Two recent surveys signaled just how much trouble agencies and vendors are having trying to implement Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12.
Labor, HHS approps bill aims at e-gov initiatives
It is the Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services departments' turn to come under the restraint of the House Appropriations Committee and its distrust of e-government.
Agencies taking aim at HSPD-12 management obstacles
As agencies await approved products and services under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, another significant barrier to completing the administration's mandate remains: establishing a trust among agencies to accept each other's cards.
Agencies make COOP, disaster recovery even higher priorities
Federal and state IT officials are insisting that continuity of operations plans and disaster recovery strategies be part of all agency systems in the wake of last year's hurricanes and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
DOD moves forward with Defense Knowledge Online
The Army and the Defense Information Systems Agency are moving forward with the vision of a single enterprise service online portal for all of the Defense Department.
IAC, ACT honor six projects with Intergovernmental Solutions awards
The Industry Advisory Council and the American Council for Technology chose 22 finalists from among 60 nominations and presented the winners last night at the 26th annual Management of Change Conference.
HSPD-12 team building front-door standards
If physical access control under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 is going to be moved out from under 'guns and badges' and to the network, it has to start with a set of standards agencies can agree on.
A-76 to play larger role in FMLOB
The Office of Management and Budget has added an unexpected and somewhat confusing twist to the Financial Management Line of Business initiative. Agencies or bureaus with 10 or more employees operating financial systems that do not comply with Financial System Integration Office requirements must now compete for, at minimum, the hosting and application management of their financial systems.
VA loss renews calls to update Privacy Act
The Veterans Affairs Department's recent loss of veterans' personal data highlights a broader question that has rattled around Washington for 10 years: the need to update the Privacy Act of 1974.
OMB's Koller moving to DOD
Jack Koller, the government-to-citizen portfolio manager for the Office of Management and Budget's e-government projects, is joining the Defense Department.
SBA's Business Gateway has new leader
The Small Business Administration has named Nancy Sternberg project manager for its fledgling Business Gateway e-government initiative and plans to relaunch the project in September.
GSA cuts back to break even
The General Services Administration is facing the same harsh realities the private sector does. The agency projects that its national Information Technology Service revenues will drop $500 million and its losses will be $3 million.
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