Oversight
EPA and Energy launch national program to reduce data center energy use
Growing appetite for energy threatens stability of the electric grid.
Oversight
Collaboration essential to overcoming skepticism about shared services, report says
Agencies still hesitant about funding and reluctant to share data, according to IT officials.
Oversight
GSA awards $2.5 billion contract for contact center services
Agencies can use USA Contact to set up emergency call-in centers to receive inquiries from the public during crises.
Oversight
Information czar calls for performance reviews to include sharing
Head of the Information Sharing Environment says all agencies should follow intelligence community's lead to create a culture based not on "need to know" but "need to share."
Oversight
GSA signs agreement to open advanced design software
International standards for so-called Building Information Modeling will cut design and construction costs, officials say.
Tech
Government faces shortage of IT project managers, council reports
Chief Information Officers Council backs increased training in key areas.
Defense
Veterans Affairs closer to deploying comprehensive e-Benefits portal
Department expects to have a bare-bones site soon with health, benefits information for vets.
Defense
GAO: Military should consider breaking up FCS
Army should shift to incremental development based on proven technologies to salvage program, report says.
Defense
Cyberexercise shows need for better training to avoid major network failures
During the largest cyberexercise ever organized, backup systems worked but personnel need more training, DHS official says.
Oversight
IRS improves tax processing capabilities
Funding for business system modernization still poses a challenge for long-term success, IRS official says.
Defense
Feds losing war on information security, senators told
Experts testify that preventing cyberattacks is getting harder.
Defense
Top Defense commander hints at taking offensive actions in space, cyberspace
Head of U.S. Strategic Command says he envisions eventually assigning brigades, battalions, wings and groups "to conduct network warfare."
Oversight
Motion filed for additional archiving in search for missing White House e-mails
Independent organization claims Bush official contradicted herself.
Oversight
Agencies to share custom IT security training practices
But lack of requirements could stall efforts.
Defense
Defense Information Systems Agency director to retire in July
Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Croom will be succeeded by Rear Adm. Elizabeth Hight, the first Navy head of DISA.
Tech
Senate panel to weigh agencies' information security practices
Hearing comes on heels of Office of Management and Budget report showing some progress.
Defense
NOAA completes tsunami warning system
Upgraded buoy network enables officials to better determine when to issue tsunami warnings to the public.
Defense
GAO: Future Combat Systems network still more concept than reality
GAO reports that amount of software code required has more than tripled since 2003.
Defense
Overruns, delays plague satellite programs, lawmakers told
Development setbacks stretch into decades and billions of dollars, GAO official said.
Oversight