Tech
Agencies' e-gov grades slump
Quarterly score card shows falling marks due to agencies’ inability to shift funds to key programs, administration says.
Tech
Flu plan requires rewriting of federal telework guidance
Telework advocates say plan to combat possible pandemic fails to address the national communication infrastructure.
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Hackers access personal information on TRICARE servers
Medical records untouched, but Social Security numbers and other personal information compromised.
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OMB: Competition key to consolidating financial systems
Before outsourcing systems, agencies would need to hold modified versions of public-private job contests.
Defense
Panel trims $341 million from Defense IT programs
Cuts only represent 1 percent of department’s $31 billion fiscal 2007 budget request for technology, but would hit some programs hard.
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Tax filers use IRS Web site in record numbers
Security experts and the agency are confident that the site is secure from hackers.
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Council releases blueprint for federal cybersecurity research
Plan calls for establishment of cybersecurity metrics.
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Agriculture Department makes progress on IT consolidation
Agency also supports governmentwide shared services initiative, technology executives say.
Tech
Union pushes for more telework at Justice agency
Only nine out of more than 800 agency employees represented by the union would be allowed to telework under an ATF proposal.
Tech
Private sector sees barriers to new identification system
Survey finds IT firms skeptical that agencies will meet an October deadline.
Defense
Pentagon’s IT chief says credibility hurt by cost, schedule overruns
John Grimes says his office is stretched thin, and contractors now make up more than half his staff.
Tech
Lawmaker may revisit computer security law
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., says he is open to ideas for improving the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Tech
Public-private partnership unveils e-health prototype
Technology has the potential to improve health care and safety while reducing costs, lawmaker says.
Defense
Lawmaker wary of progress in Defense IT transformation
Technology is essential to the United States retaining an edge on the battlefield, witnesses at House hearing say.
Tech
Management flaws cited for failed DHS contract
Cost to complete the financial integration project will be in the $150 million to $200 million range, official tells lawmakers.
Tech
GAO knocks IRS for gaps in computer security
Federal employee union cites report as evidence that the agency should not outsource collection of tax debt.
Defense
Navy intranet contractor receives three-year extension
The extension, worth $3.1 billion, strengthens incentives for meeting project deadlines.
Tech
DHS projects aimed at communications upgrade
Baseline survey will cull information on whether equipment is interoperable.
Tech
Firm wins contracts to help business consolidation effort
General Services Administration awards three $500,000 contracts to SiloSmashers of Fairfax, Va.
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