DHS delays decision on $5b buy
The Homeland Security Department is taking more time to decide whether to continue or scrap a multibillion-dollar IT acquisition.The department last week announced it would defer until about Aug. 1 a decision on the future of the Security Planning and Integrated Resources for IT procurement. The $5 billion, five-year Spirit procurement was put on hold May 7, pending a reassessment.
Bill would boost CIO's role at DHS
The systems chief of the Homeland Security Department could see a boost in status and influence under a new proposal in Congress.
NASA systems: Houston, we have a problem
Mistakes in implementing its enterprise resource planning system have perpetuated NASA's lack of adequate financial controls, GAO tells a House committee.
Law enforcement network gets visual
In fighting crime and terrorism, connecting the dots is crucial.That's what law enforcement intelligence analysts say prompted them to adopt visualization software for Riss.net, the Justice Department-funded network that links state and local authorities with federal agencies.
Trade data can yield crime clues
In recent months, Iraq has become one of the world's top five exporters of copper, though it has no copper mines. That anomaly reflects widespread looting of copper from the Iraqi telephone and electrical systems, according to sources in the copper industry.
Significa
Does acupuncture have more widespread application? Ask the person who's been needled. That's what the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is doing by soliciting the public's ideas for its research programs through 2009.
FBI overhauls Virtual Case File contract
The FBI's new CIO is looking for a new deal on the bureau's systems modernization project.Zalmai Azmi, who had been acting CIO, said the bureau is renegotiating its contract with Science Applications International Corp. to resolve differences over the future of the Virtual Case File, a major piece of the Trilogy modernization program.
TSA's Schambach is leaving
Transportation Security Administration CIO Patrick Schambach earlier this month informed his staff that he will leave the federal government May 31.TSA's leaders have not yet decided who will succeed Schambach, according to an official in his office.
DHS delays $5b systems procurement
The Homeland Security Department has put the $5 billion, five-year Security Planning and Integrated Resources for Information Technology procurement on hold.
Congress mulls new rules on diplomas
After two days of testimony last week about federal workers' use of diploma mills, lawmakers must decide whether to adrress the problem with new administration rules or through legislation.
Auditors warn of delays, overruns in Customs system
The Homeland Security Department's massive new system for processing import-export data faces continuing cost and scheduling problems, the General Accounting Office said today.<br>
Significa
You may feel at times that the federal government doesn't really like you. But it does like your pet. The Agriculture Department since 1996 has sponsored the Missing Pet Network at <a href= "http://www.missingpet.net">www.missingpet.net</a>.
Online Extra: DHS tries to balance terrorism watch with privacy protection
The Homeland Security Department has perhaps the most difficult balancing act among federal agencies, trying to mine information for clues about potential terrorists while ensuring personal privacy.
Online Extra: Inside diploma mills
Senate hearings last week on diploma mill abuses featured sometimes colorful testimony by former diploma mill employees who described the scams.
DHS launches visual computing center
Center will conduct research and development, evaluate and implement technology, integrate and coordinate research across agencies.
Doubt lingers over bona fide unaccredited schools
After hearings in a Senate committee about diploma mill abuses, questions remain about how the federal government would treat credentials from unaccredited colleges that offer legitimate degrees.
Interior forges enterprise network
Where you stand on computing in the Interior Department depends on where you sit, to mangle a Washington adage.Department officials sitting at their workstations revamping the department's information systems point with pride to their achievements.
GAO: Government bilked for fake degree fees
Investigators uncover more than $150,000 in federal payments to unaccredited schools on behalf of federal employees, and testify the true extent of improper payments likely is much larger.
DHS delays $5b systems procurement
The $5 billion, five-year Security Planning and Integrated Resources for Information Technology procurement is on hold.
Schambach's departure date from TSA uncertain
CIO Schambach, an early adopter of seat management and outsourcing, to step down.
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