CIA CIO to report straight to director
CIA director Michael Hayden has upgraded the profile of his organization's CIO to provide a direct-reporting relationship between the top technology official and his own office.
E-passport's first deployment
RFID readers face privacy, technology concerns.
Border security is the star of DHS budget
CIO receives approval rights for projects worth more than $2.5 million.
Racy IG report slows Interior servers
A widely publicized Interior Department IG report detailing improper Internet use and the consequences of visiting pornographic and online gambling sites, apparently has prompted an online stampede.
DHS cites progress in IT security
Homeland Security Department officials cited progress in securing IT systems across their sprawling organization as reflected in an Inspector General Office report issued today. They expressed confidence that their department would receive a passing grade for the first time in next year's federal IT security report card.
Inside the federal teller's cage
Planning and implementing the Call Report Modernization Project required bank regulatory agencies and their contractor to go far ahead in technology and deep into changing their business processes.
Take it to the bank
Federal regulators put massive new financial reporting system to work.
DHS deploys e-passport readers
The Homeland Security Department has installed radio frequency identification device readers capable of receiving data from electronic passports at the San Francisco International Airport.
Spending plan would stall border credential requirement
House and Senate conferees clear a fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Department spending bill that would increase discretionary spending to $34.8 billion.
Security issues dominate confirmation of VA technology chief
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee likely will vote later today to confirm Robert T. Howard as the department's CIO.
Feds wrestle with IT planning requirements
Juggling IT budget mandates creates confusion, conflicts.
Spy agencies adapt social software, federated search tools
With its own versions of a certain search engine and a certain online encyclopedia, the intelligence community is evolving its use of tools now widespread in the commercial sector, generating both success and controversy.
Intel leaders try to think alike on sharing
Plans include consolidating network links, filters and building data sharing into EAs.
State developing online humanitarian relief maps
More detailed application to improve aid to disaster victims.
DHS scuttles Emerge2 program
The Homeland Security Department has halted all activities under the once-vaunted Emerge2 project.
Meyerrose promotes EA through free advice
Dale Meyerrose's approach to spreading his EA philosophy starts from the assumption that architects should provide free and useful services to mission owners rather than imposing requirements and costs.
TWIC program hits another snag
Criticism holds up deployment of card readers for transportation worker IDs.
States rap DHS info-sharing
State officials in charge of intelligence fusion centers say numerous federal information-sharing systems and programs don't mesh with state and local data sources.
Zalmai Azmi | From New York City to Afghanistan to the FBI
The terrorist attacks in 2001 put many federal CIOs into the role of managing new systems developed for homeland security and law enforcement.
Steve Cooper | DHS' first CIO joined government after attacks
<font color="CC0000">9/11 Personal Views'</font>The American journey took a sharp turn on 9/11. For Steve Cooper, the first CIO of the Homeland Security Department, that journey began with an unexpected sea cruise.
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