Defense
Defense to focus more on content, less on the network
"Content-centric" model will allow the department and civilian agencies to pool information in a more secure way to make better decisions.
Defense
GAO: Weapons systems over budget, overdue, underperforming
Annual assessment of programs shows continued acquisition problems at Defense.
Oversight
Report identifies top 10 management challenges facing next administration
Skyrocketing cost of health care, retirement programs could squeeze out other critical policy priorities, according to think tank.
Oversight
IBM suspended from new federal contracts
With scant details, federal agencies are instructed not to award procurements to the technology giant.
Oversight
GSA will re-evaluate Alliant proposals
Sparked by judge who upheld bid protests, review could delay contract until summer.
Defense
Focus on outcomes will advance Army health care, surgeon general says
Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker says shifting focus away from process will improve health care for soldiers and could cut costs.
Defense
GPO: Article 'misstated' facts of offshoring e-passport production
Congress still concerned about security of work processes for high-tech passports.
Oversight
National health records network to expand
HHS initiative also will integrate electronic health records from Defense, Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service and other agencies.
Oversight
Agencies still resist outsourcing financial management, expert says
Some large departments are not embracing the financial management line of business, while most small agencies have outsourced operations.
Defense
Contractor tests missile defense technology for civilian airliners
Northrop Grumman ready to produce onboard system, but the question is who will pay for it.
Oversight
HHS secretary keeps it real on blog
Michael Leavitt's chatty postings on health care reform, overseas trips are an informal alternative to other Cabinet officials' blogs.
Oversight
Number of bogus IRS e-mails spikes
Security vendor reports a 3,000 percent increase in the number of phishing attempts to trick taxpayers to give up personal information.
Tech
HHS awards network contract to share medical records
Harris Corp. plans to reuse technology to build an information gateway that ultimately will open to private health care providers.
Oversight
NIH told patients about security breach weeks after incident
Stolen laptop contained personal information of 2,500 patients enrolled in a study.
Defense
Passport system breach highlights shortcomings in agency privacy practices
House chairman seeks names of State Department contractors fired for inappropriately accessing presidential candidates’ files.
Oversight
Contract award protests charging conflicts of interest on the rise
As agencies rely more on outside contractors to evaluate bids, GAO sees more complaints about bias.
Tech
Software allows agencies to model disease, disaster response
New computer model creating "synthetic" United States enables tests of various strategies.
Oversight
Public satisfaction with e-government hits lowest level since 2005
Rising user expectations rather than a decline in service could account for lower score.
Tech
Younger employees present challenge to information security, study shows
New generation of workers has more lax attitudes about technology than their older colleagues.
Oversight