IG raps DOE certification/accreditation program
Energy Department's certification and accreditation program still falls short of requirements despite earlier warnings.
Auditors: Interior should set schedule for trust systems rollout
GAO recommends that the Interior Department provide Congress with a firm timetable for completing the accounting system upgrade and develop a work force plan for staff levels and funding needs after the system is built.
Seven programs to watch in 2007
Seven programs that will have a significant impact on the government IT landscape this year.
Seven policies to watch in 2007
Seven policies that will have a significant impact on the government IT landscape this year.
Seven people to watch in 2007
SPECIAL REPORT | Seven leaders who will have a significant impact on the government IT landscape this year.
Data sharing and security
SPECIAL REPORT | These common threads run through many of the items on IT leaders' 2007 agendas.
Chertoff pledges more progress on emergency communications interoperability
The DHS secretary cited a new report card rating cities' progress on achieving interoperable emergency communications as a guide to further work in the field to plug gaps.
DHS taps Battelle for $500M biodefense job
DHS has announced that it has awarded a contract to Battelle National Biodefense Institute to manage and operate a new biodefense analysis center at Fort Detrick.
DHS policy chief Baker defends passenger data analysis system
The Homeland Security Department is stepping up its efforts to fend off criticism of the data analysis system it uses to pinpoint travelers entering the country who pose the risk of carrying out criminal or terrorist acts.
Intel data protection levels to be standardized
The federal government is poised to adopt a common array of data protection levels and criteria by which the secrecy rankings are to be determined.
TSA recruits CTO from Southwest Airlines
The Transportation Security Administration has named Mike Golden to the jobs of assistant administrator, operational process and technology as well as chief technology officer.
DHS gets down to details on SBI
New technology plans include budget and staffing blueprints; the cost is put at nearly $8 billion.
SBINet sticker price: $7.6B
The Homeland Security Department wants to spend $7.6 billion to buy the SBINet border control technology.
VA, vendor collaborate on jobs for disabled vets
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to forge a memorandum of understanding with L-1 Identity Solutions Co. to create high-quality jobs for disabled veterans at the company's hundreds of enrollment centers nationwide.
USAID taps AT&T team for Web upgrade
The US Agency for International Development has issued a task order to vendor team for Web site expansion and maintenance.
FEMA taps headquarters veteran as new CIO
Tony Cira, formerly executive director of infrastructure operations for the Homeland Security Department CIO's office, has moved to the top IT job at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Interior moves to centralize security software management
The Interior Department has issued a blanket purchase agreement to Merlin International Inc. of Denver under which the agency will gradually centralize its acquisition of Symantec security software and services.
DHS floats proposal for 'Global Envelope' of terrorist info sharing
A senior Homeland Security Department official today sketched the outline of an ambitious plan for internationally sharing biometric identification information about individuals who pose terrorist threats.
DHS leaders mull biometrics, privacy with charmed circle of insiders
The conference sponsors'a group of DHS agencies'afforded access to the unclassified conference to select nonprofit organizations concerned with privacy issues from this country and Europe, but barred the media from most sessions of the meeting.
'Imagery Way Ahead' becomes poster technology for new intel architecture
Director of national intelligence John Negroponte has been working with his Pentagon counterparts to shape the Imagery Way Ahead as the spearhead for an emerging Intelligence Collection Architecture.
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