IT job fairgrounds are in cyberspace
The CIO Council and the Office of Personnel Management have set April 22 to April 26 for an IT job fair over the Web from which they expect to help agencies choose from thousands of potential employees.
ITAA lists nine ways to counter terrorism using IT
The Immigration and Naturalization Service recently sent to the Office of Homeland Security private-sector recommendations on how to conduct counterterrorism operations through the use of integrated IT.
USPS updates payroll processing system
The Postal Service has chosen two applications from Mitem Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., to streamline payroll processing. Postal supervisors will no longer have to fill out paper forms for employee payroll adjustments every two weeks.
OMB, CIOs support a central e-gov fund
The congressional appropriations process is holding back the administration's 24 e-government projects, Mark Forman and David McClure yesterday told members of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
Bush seeks money for biometrics at borders
The administration yesterday requested $27.1 billion in emergency homeland security appropriations from Congress, including $5.8 million for 30 biometric systems at U.S. ports of entry with links to the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. The links would tell Immigration and Naturalization Service agents whether an apprehended person has a criminal history.
Lieberman quizzes Ridge on federal IT security
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) has asked Tom Ridge, director of the homeland security office, to explain how his office is protecting the country's critical infrastructure and the security of federal information systems.
IT bills moving through Congress
Contractor employees are one step closer to being able to telecommute while working for the federal government. The House yesterday passed the Freedom to Telecommute Act of 2002 by a vote of 421-0.
Quad Council salutes cutting-edge initiatives
The government has a reputation for lagging behind the private sector when it comes to technology use, but at least five e-government projects are on IT's cutting edge, a senior administration official said.
E-gov projects likely to end up in a bell curve
Progress on the Office of Management and Budget's 24 e-government projects likely will end up in a bell curve, according to Norman Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer. A few projects will lead the way, most will come to fruition in the middle of OMB's 18- to 24-month time frame, and a few will have to be adjusted or scrapped altogether.
GOP High-Tech Task Force lists security, information sharing among top priorities
Internet security and combating terrorism through information sharing among companies and agencies are among the top priorities for the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force. The group, made up of 10 senators and chaired by Virginia's George Allen, last week released its 2002 policy agenda and outlined the issues it will focus on during the second session of the 107th Congress.
GAO balks at OMB's refusal to share data
A minor turf battle has erupted over agencies' initial efforts to comply with the Government Information Security Reform Act.
GSA's payroll system keeps agencies in the money
When the Office of Personnel Management decided to scrap its 20-year-old payroll processing system last year, it considered keeping the operation in-house.
Latest e-gov task: finding funding
When agencies agreed to lead the 24 projects for the Office of Management and Budget's e-government initiative, a major question left unanswered was how agencies would fund the work.
DARPA shifts its focus toward security efforts
The Bush administration's use of technology to bolster homeland security has prompted the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to reorganize its offices, combining its IT and homeland security efforts.
GSA pulls a Fast one for FirstGov
If you've never heard of Fast Search and Transfer of Oslo, Norway, you're not alone. Despite its low name recognition, the company's search engine will power the next generation of the FirstGov portal.
NASA shuttles data to local level
Susan Carson Lambert, executive director of Kentucky's Geographic Information Office, doesn't hide her excitement about the recent $1.3 million grant her office received from NASA.
GSA awards FirstGov usability contract
As part of an overall plan to make <a href="http://www.FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> more responsive, the General Services Administration Friday hired Userworks Inc. to conduct focus groups and perform usability studies over the next six months on the redesigned site.
OMB soon to outline e-gov project action items
A report exposing the real guts of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 e-gov initiatives'outlining project specific goals, objectives and action items'is scheduled to be released by March 31, according to senior administration officials.
OMB expands its e-gov team
The Office of Management and Budget has put the final pieces of the leadership puzzle in place for its 24 e-gov initiatives.
Davis introduces security, IT work force exchange bills
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has introduced legislation to set mandatory computer security standards for federal agencies.
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