Tech
GSA awards contract for end-to-end ID card services
BearingPoint wins $105 million, 5-year contract for integrating products and services complying with presidential mandate.
Tech
GAO calls for more detailed electronic records expenditure plan
Plan complied with acquisition rules and requirements, report says.
Tech
Hackers deface Federal Executive Board Web sites
Attack hurts ability to get information to federal employees outside Washington, board directors say.
Tech
GSA to study agencies’ service to citizens
Results will be used to help agencies improve their responses to requests for information.
Tech
Firms launch security card coalition
Group will focus on promoting contact-less smart cards instead of those that are embedded with radio-frequency identification chips.
Tech
Library of Congress undergoing workforce transformation
Nearly 200 employees take advantage of a voluntary incentive to retire early, as library prepares to digitally preserve its collection.
Tech
GSA creates office to help agencies meet ID card deadline
Office will provide end-to-end identity management services to participating agencies.
Tech
Innovations give candidates new avenues to voters
Candidate profiles are everywhere from online social networks like Facebook and MySpace to online encyclopedias.
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IRS to beef up monitoring of employee e-mails
Nearly three quarters of mailboxes reviewed contained inappropriate messages.
Tech
DHS official emphasizes importance of interoperable communications
Department also working to make process of awarding grants to states and localities more transparent.
Tech
Tech groups divided over border-crossing cards
Differences hinge on distance from which IDs could be read, flexibility of technology.
Tech
VA aims to encrypt laptops within a month
Department awards a $3.7 million contract to encrypt about 300,000 computer devices.
Defense
Competition levels in interagency contracting are murky
Advisory group says OMB should consider adding detail to contracting database.
Tech
Encryption taken off Transportation IG laptop shortly before theft
The stolen computer contained the personal information of 133,000 Florida residents.
Tech
Debate over e-voting is still plaguing elections
Some states and jurisdictions still have not complied with federal e-voting deadlines for the November election, national panel finds.
Tech
OMB asks agencies to identify e-gov costs, savings
Cost estimates for existing IT initiatives are due by Sept. 30, and regular updates on savings eventually will be required.
Tech
Agencies miss OMB deadlines for upgrading networks
Government at risk of failing to meet deadline for transition to Internet Protocol version 6 standards, GAO reports.
Tech
Radio-frequency tracking tags pose recycling challenge
EPA officials concerned about potential environmental impact of increased use of radio-frequency identification devices.
Management
OPM releases telework guidance for pandemic flu
Critic says the plan lacks new ideas for responding to a potential quarantine.
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