Horn: Feds must keep state, local security officials in the loop
Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) plans to introduce legislation before the end of the current congressional session requiring federal agencies to give state and local officials timely access to classified information when they are responding to specific threats in their communities.
Forman urges agencies to move on PKI
<b>Mark Forman</b>, associate director for IT and e-government at the Office of Management and Budget, told federal officials today that they should strongly consider public-key infrastructures to augment security for any new IT initiatives.
OPM launches SES matchmaking site
Officials in the Office of Personnel Management have created a Web site to encourage more job changes by Senior Executive Service members. The site, launched Oct. 25, allows agencies to post available jobs, SES employees to post resumes and both to search the databases for matches.
Report urges Congress to make legislative branch compliant with Section 508
The Board of Directors of the Compliance Office has recommended that Congress order all legislative branch entities to become Section 508 compliant.
Davis plans services buying reform bill
Agencies can expect Congress and the General Accounting Office to pay even more attention to mission-critical IT systems and disaster recovery plans early next year.
Ex-lawmakers recommend biometric smart cards to track foreign nationals
Three former members of Congress today told the House Government Reform subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations that the United States should track foreign visitors via identification cards that require fingerprint or iris scans.
Congress will review agency IT disaster plans
Congress and the General Accounting Office will scrutinize agency IT and telecommunications disaster recovery plans next year to see whether they could ensure continuity after a cyberattack or other terrorist damage.
Georgia public schools team up with AOL
Georgia public school students, teachers and administrators soon will extend their use of the Web by joining AOL@School, an educational program from America Online Inc.
Fortune 500 vendors chip away at District's IT backlog
With 26 mission-critical IT projects unfunded for 2001 and beyond, Washington, D.C.'s chief technology officer, Suzanne Peck, asked Fortune 500 companies to donate their personnel and know-how.
Vermont gives its portal a much-needed makeover
Vermont officials are heeding the call from residents to make the state Web site more resident-friendly by adding tax filing, motor vehicle services and other electronic transactions.
COUNTY LINES
The Sheriff's Office in Pinellas County, Fla., uses an 11-year-old VHF dumb terminal mobile communications system that badly needs an upgrade. So when Motorola Inc. asked the office to test an experimental 700-MHz voice, video and data communications system, officials signed up quickly.
States manage projects well with best practices, common applications
State technology officials increasingly are turning to project management tools to make sure IT projects are finished on time and on budget.
Jacksonville gets a free swing at testing wireless Web connection
The Jacksonville, Fla., government is piloting a wireless Internet connection for residents and visitors as part of a $2.2 billion economic development plan. The wireless system, at the city's Landing waterfront area, is the beginning of a potential citywide network.
Balancing Act
Industrialized New Jersey and mostly rural Kentucky separately have found an objective way to better manage the conflicts between business development and the environment.
Pennsylvania State Police upgrade to get better data, communications
Pennsylvania State Police officers soon will enjoy dramatically expanded access to criminal data and communications as they bid farewell to obsolete technology. For 30 years, the department has relied on dumb terminals with green screens linked to a mainframe system that requires specific codes to write reports, check criminal history or perform other functions.
Barahmi takes an enterprise approach
When Kim Barahmi, Florida's acting CIO, went in front of the Legislature to advocate a plan for consolidating the state's IT programs under the State Technology Office, she spoke from experience.
Va. DOT getting smarter about congestion
Researchers in the Old Dominion have adopted new mobile traffic analysis technology to reduce the economic waste and pollution caused by traffic tangles.
SSA site serves state, local governments and employees
The Social Security Administration has launched a Web site for state and local government offices and their workers. The site, at <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/slge">www.ssa.gov/slge/<a>, supplies information about withholding, reporting and paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, as well as which state and municipal employees the payments cover.The Social Security Administration has launched a Web site for state and local government offices and their workers. The site, at <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/slge">www.ssa.gov/slge/<a>, supplies information about withholding, reporting and paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, as well as which state and municipal employees the payments cover.
Fla. IS director calls for state infrastructure alerts
Florida's Information Security Office director Scott McPherson wants to prepare for terrorist attacks that could wreak havoc on airports, water and utility plants, and a host of other public systems central to everyday life.
Connecticut to combine all criminal databases
Two Connecticut agencies and the state's judicial branch are making it even more difficult for criminals to slip through the gaps in society's net. The Policy and Management Office, the IT Department and agencies in the judicial branch cooperated to award Sierra Systems Group Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia, a contract to develop a central offender database.
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