Former Lucent exec now heads FBI's Trilogy program
The FBI's Trilogy program to upgrade its antiquated systems is moving forward under its new program manager, Cheryl Higgins.
PTO: New IT development will accelerate processing
The Patent and Trademark Office has set its sights on building new and expanded systems for processing patents and trademarks electronically, undersecretary for intellectual property James Rogan said today.
NASA considers course correction for its outsourcing
Managers of the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA are reviewing the 4-year-old program to determine if they should reshape it for the future.
FBI will revamp IT as part of shake-up
As part of a comprehensive shake-up of the FBI, director Robert S. Mueller III last week announced that a technology upgrade program is one of the bureau's Top 10 priorities.
Wisconsin's road projects go the right way
Wisconsin's Department of Transportation oversees a construction program that has laced the Badger State with 112,362 miles of state highways, roads and streets as well as 13,300 bridges.
Carnivore responsible for terrorist e-mail mishaps, FBI says
The FBI's controversial Carnivore system for intercepting e-mail malfunctioned when it was installed in 2000, hampering an antiterrorism investigation, according to internal FBI documents.
By the numbers
In an annual survey by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, 90 percent of the government agencies and large corporations responding detected computer security breaches last year. Only 34 percent of the respondents reported those intrusions to law enforcement, twice as many as reported intrusions to authorities in the 1996 survey.
FBI shake-up puts IT as a principal priority
As part of a massive shake-up of the FBI, director Robert Mueller announced today that a technology upgrade program is one of the agency's Top 10 priorities.
Off the rails
When a $7.9 million project to redesign part of New Jersey's tax systems suddenly looked like it would cost $21.8 million, Wendy Rayner knew she had a crisis on her hands.
State seeks to cut duplicate Web links
In the wake of an inspector general report criticizing duplicate Internet connections at overseas posts, the State Department plans to consolidate Net services.
IG says system for tracking foreign students not effective
The Immigration and Naturalization Service's new student tracking system likely will have minimal impact in solving the problem of tracking foreign students in the United States, the Justice Department's inspector general says.
INS embarks on IT makeover
The Immigration and Naturalization Service plans to fulfill Congress' mandate that it modernize applications to track foreigners and screen people entering the United States by weaving it into a plan for revamping the agency's IT infrastructure.
State CIOs will advise feds on homeland security
At the request of Homeland Security Office CIO Steve Cooper, the National Association of State CIOs will create a working group to offer advice on framing a national homeland security strategy.
Significa
As World War II raged, the National Defense Research Council sponsored research into electronic systems for secure communications, code-breaking and measuring the velocity of cannon shells.
DOE task force to use OMB's 24 e-gov projects as a model for more of its own
The Energy Department is creating a task force to identify e-government projects it will pattern after the Office of Management and Budget's 24 cross-agency programs.
New law orders INS to overhaul border IT
The tattered information fence around America's border is set for a repair job under the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, which President George W. Bush signed last week.
Interior sites might close again
The Interior Department faces the possibility of being forced to again shut down some of its Internet services.
State awards $160m support contract to CSC
The State Department has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a $160 million contract for IT services and products.
Corrections officer fined for NCIC misuse
Gary Piedmont of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was sentenced to 30 days of community confinement, a $5,000 fine and a year of probation for using the FBI's National Crime Information Center system to check whether a warrant had been issued for a friend.
FEMA seeks cooperation on disaster portal
Administrative obstacles are the most daunting hurdles for the developers of disasterhelp.gov, a government portal for coping with natural and human calamities.
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