DHS homes in on systems architecture
The Homeland Security Department is nearly finished preparing an enterprise architecture that will guide future IT investments and systems departmentwide.
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Bostonians debate voting systems
Choosing voting technology in Boston has been no tea party.The city's Election Department recently purchased voting machines that use optical-scanning technology instead of touch-screen systems, a move that has embroiled lawmakers and election officials in a heated conflict.
FBI taps Lockheed for $140 million security project
The FBI awarded Lockheed Martin Information Technology Inc. a five-year, $140-million contract to overhaul security on the bureau's systems and networks, the company said. <br>
FBI seeks public's help to track down virus
The FBI today urged Internet users to protect themselves against the SoBig and MSBlaster viruses and asked for help from the public in tracking down their creators. <br>
Shuttle crash investigators call for management, systems reforms
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board today recommended management changes and technical fixes to overhaul both NASA's culture and shuttle systems. <br>
Homeland Security plans shake-up of contract management
The Homeland Security Department intends to act on audit recommendations that it reorganize the contracting shops that were part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.<br>
Bush taps NTIA deputy to take over as chief
Michael D. Gallagher has been nominated to lead the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.<br>
Davidson to head Los Alamos' homeland security effort
Los Alamos National Laboratory director G. Peter Nanos yesterday named J. Wiley Davidson director of the lab's Homeland Security Center. <br>
FBI details new fix-it strategy
The FBI has detailed extensive IT security reforms it is making so insiders can't access sensitive data for purposes of espionage.
Solution architects to have certification program
The emerging federal career path of solution architect will gain professional certification under a program sponsored by the Potomac Forum Ltd., a clearinghouse and conference sponsor for federal IT professionals. <br>
Responders ready for blackout
State and local officials across the Northeast said that the emergency response methods they upgraded after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks helped them respond to this month's massive power outage. The preparations included computer links among state, local and federal emergency response centers.
Court official charges Interior destroyed data
The Interior Department unlawfully destroyed computerized information on fees for oil and gas companies that run pipelines across Navajo lands, an official for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said. <br>
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GAO is reviewing feds' credentials
The General Accounting Office is doing an extensive review of the credentials of senior-level government officials at a half-dozen agencies. The audit is the result of a congressional request that GAO examine the use of academic credentials from unaccredited schools by federal employees and job applicants.
Congress withholds U.S. Visit funds
The Senate and House Appropriations committees must decide within weeks whether to release the bulk of the fiscal 2003 funds for the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology system.
Interior says its systems are OK to stay on Web
The Interior Department is attempting to buy some breathing room and keep alive most of its system links to the Internet.
Preparations aided response to massive outage; tracking the cause 'could take months'
State and local officials across the Northeast said today that the emergency response methods they upgraded after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks helped them respond to yesterday's massive power outage. <br>
FBI shakes up security in wake of IG report on spy
FBI director Robert S. Mueller III orders security reforms that include sweeping IT policy changes.<br>
GAO is looking into phony credentials
The General Accounting Office is undertaking an extensive review of the credentials of senior government officials at a half-dozen agencies.<br>
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