VA locks onto a series of security efforts
Just over a year ago, Bruce Brody took over as the associate deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity at the Veterans Affairs Department, a newly created position and the first of its kind in the federal government.
Education continues its paperless chase with plans for a digital-signature system
The Education Department is making the final strides away from paper with the next phase of its electronic grants process.
Coast Guard schedules Deepwater contract award for June 25
The Coast Guard next week expects to award a multibillion-dollar contract to one of three vendor teams to overhaul its vessels and aircraft, replacing obsolete computer and sensor technologies.
TSA will hand out $92.3 million for port security
The Transportation Department is giving $92.3 million in grants to 51 ports nationwide to boost their security. About $78 million of the grants will go to secure facilities and $5 million to evaluate vulnerabilities, department officials said.
How STARS serves up data
The Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System provides air traffic controllers with a single system to view air traffic and weather advisories.
Critics say STARS launch is too soon
The Federal Aviation Administration recently began using a full version of the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System at two airports despite a new round of criticism from the Transportation Department inspector general and union officials.
FAA will run Transportation smart-card pilot
The Federal Aviation Administration will pilot the use of smart cards for Transportation Department personnel by distributing cards to 50,000 FAA employees and contract workers.
Transportation drops plan to extend ITOP
After receiving a critical audit by the Transportation Department inspector general, the Transportation Administrative Service Center has decided not to seek an extension from the Office of Management and Budget to run its governmentwide IT services program.
SEC extends e-service to financial advisers
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a system that lets investment advisers nationwide register online.
Tax agency requests deadline extension for electronic filers
To lure more taxpayers to file their returns online, the agency wants to extend the electronic-filing deadline from April 15 to April 30.
IRS to begin database upgrade
After rolling out another part of its multibillion-dollar modernization, the IRS is ready to take on its biggest challenge yet.
FinCEN seeks terrorists' money links
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is testing a Web system that will help the Treasury Department agency track and defeat money laundering efforts by suspected terrorists.
FHWA awards a tech services pact
The Federal Highway Administration has awarded a 10-year, $175 million contract to Indus Corp. to secure the agency's databases.
FAA installs a new system for weather data
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun using a system that lets air traffic controllers view real-time weather information along with aircraft positions on their displays.
DOT center will freeze new ITOP programs
The Transportation Administrative Service Center is not seeking an extension from the Office of Management and Budget to run a governmentwide IT services program, after a critical audit by the Transportation Department's inspector general.
OMB puts Transportation's IT services program on a short leash
The Office of Management and Budget has given the Transportation Administrative Service Center a year to turnaround its governmentwide IT services program'despite a critical audit by the Transportation Department's inspector general.
FAA will try out smart-card use; RFP due soon
The Federal Aviation Administration will dole out more than 50,000 smart cards to employees and contract workers for a Transportation Department pilot.
Retired Coast Guard commandant joins TSA
Retired Coast Guard Commandant James M. Loy will be the deputy undersecretary for transportation security and chief operating officer of the Transportation Security Administration, a newly created position.
NIH workers track their own hours electronically
The National Institutes of Health has taken the time, not to mention the keepers, out of timekeeping.
FAA will test smart cards
The Federal Aviation Administration will dole out more than 50,000 smart cards to employees and contract workers for a Transportation Department pilot.
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