Flap follows Arkansas ERP system
A dispute over the costs and effectiveness of Arkansas' state enterprise resource planning system has created a bitter controversy at the highest level of the state's government.
Middleware anchors INS' information architecture
The Immigration and Naturalization Service views middleware as the linchpin in its strategy to integrate the nation's border control systems.
EPA looks to unify states with CDX
The Environmental Protection Agency's Information Collection Office, which is managing the rollout and expansion of the agency's Central Data Exchange (CDX) portal, knows the Web is the route to take for the portal's next step. Now, the agency is looking for the right technology to pave the way.
NASA aims for IT mission control
NASA has made history for decades with its work in space. Now it is planning a revolutionary project to improve its systems here on Earth.
Agency notebooks on the lam
Despite assurances a year ago from attorney general John Ashcroft that the Justice Department would tighten control of its gear, its agencies continue to misplace notebook computers and weapons.
Significa
If the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, imaging and Web technology from NASA can help you find it.
Interior's Darryl White to retire
Interior CIO Darryl White, who is on detail as acting CIO of the Bureau of Reclamation, announced that he would retire from the federal government Aug. 15.
Govbenefits.gov list tops 100 programs
The Department of Labor's <i>www.govbenefits.gov</i> site now includes access to more than 100 federal benefits programs, following the addition of 25 new programs representing more than $34 million in annual benefit dollars.
App puts efficiency on the docket
Court administrators in Mobile, Ala., have wrestled for years with a paper document management process that took as long as two days to prepare a court docket for action by a judge.
Justice notebook PCs on the lam
Justice Department agencies have lost more than 400 notebook computers over the past two years, according to an audit by the department's inspector general.
NASA to launch IT mission control centers
NASA plans to create two mission control centers to oversee computer operations.
South Dakota puts most state forms on Web
South Dakota has posted more than 1,100 state forms at <a href="http://www.sd.gov">www.sd.gov</a>, and some can be filled out online. Officials said South Dakota Service Direct is the only site they know of that provides nearly all state forms online. A life-events timeline helps users locate services by age group. They also can click on standalone buttons for specific actions, such as finding a job.
Justice plans new network, PKI
The Justice Department intends to consolidate its data networks and implement a public-key infrastructure, according to a plan it issued Friday.
Labor accepts digital signatures from union filers
The Labor Department has set up a voluntary program that lets unions file annual reports online using digital signatures.
House Select committee OKs homeland bill
As the House Select Committee on Homeland Security this month put its touches on the House version of the bill to establish the Homeland Security Department, a high-ranking federal systems official moved into a new position to direct domestic systems security efforts.
FBI will send states cyberterror alerts
State officials will begin hearing from the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center about cyberthreats and terrorism under a new agreement. The National Association of State Chief Information Officers yesterday said it is a step toward creating a full-featured Interstate Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
Significa
It's not what you know, it's who you know. People understand this, but computers have trouble reliably recognizing different speakers.
Supplemental bill boosts homeland security spending
The supplemental appropriation bill passed yesterday by the Senate and sent to President Bush includes $251 million for state and local police agencies to cover expenses from Sept. 11. It also includes $45 million to upgrade wireless and landline first-responder communications in the Washington area. The House approved the bill Tuesday.
Holcomb detailed to Homeland Security Office
Former NASA CIO Lee Holcomb has been detailed to the White House Office of Homeland Security for a term of six to 12 months, the office's CIO, Steve Cooper, announced today. In the newly created position of director of infostructure, Holcomb will concentrate on technology for an information architecture, information management and information delivery for homeland security, Cooper said.
Interior shifts top systems officials
The Interior Department has shuffled IT leadership temporarily as it continues the task of untangling problems with American Indian trust data and focuses on new homeland security demands.
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