People
DOJ tests suspicious-activity reporting system
Officials hope state, local and federal law enforcement agencies will collect and share information using the E-Guardian prototype.
People
Arizona signs on for enhanced driver's licenses
The licenses, which will require a photo ID and an RFID chip containing an ID number, will comply with WHTI and Real ID requirements.
Modernization
OMB, agencies to push green IT in contracts
Agencies have been including contract language for green computing voluntarily, but OMB plans to issue a FAR provision to make it policy.
Digital Government
Support grows for e-prescribing
HHS, lawmakers and associations make their cases to implement the technology
People
OFPP: Better training gets results
Denett’s latest memo seeks to create more professional acquisition training
People
DOD leaning more heavily on data standards
Officials point to experience and success with radio frequency identification tags as an example of where the services need to go.
People
DHS submits revised Real ID plan to OMB
The Office of Management and Budget has 90 days to review the new standards states must meet for ID cards to comply with the Real ID Act.
People
Agencies overlook disability rule
Few agency IT solicitations include mandatory Section 508 specifications
Acquisition
FAR Council endorses SmartBuy
Proposed regulation would give SmartBuy more visibility among contracting officials
People
VA taps EDS for personal identity verification cards
Under the $11.6 million contract, the company will assist VA in issuing cards in a format accepted throughout the federal government.
Modernization
Secure desktops not just for Vista
Apple, Sun and Red Hat are working with NSA on hardening systems
People
Measuring green
Agencies turn to service-level agreements and other forms of performance contracting to achieve new energy efficiency and electronics stewardship goals
People
State Department proposes new contractor ID rule
It would add language to its acquisition regulations to require contractors to use interoperable, smart identification cards to gain access to State buildings and systems as required by HSPD-12.
People
IT Infrastructure LOB issues first metrics
Agencies should submit a five-year implementation plan by March 2008 for all measures under the line of business.
People
TSA set to test TWIC card reader technology
TSA wants to see how the biometric systems react to different operational conditions at five locations.
People
ODNI changes FISMA focus
The intelligence agency is taking the lead in making reporting secondary to monitoring.
People
Enterprise 2.0 and you
A view of the future of mass collaboration in government and business from the man who coined the term
People
USGS hires Grant Thornton to advance Geospatial LOB
The company will provide program management support under a two-year contract.
Digital Government
Justice explains C&A approach
Agencies are close to consensus on standards for security certification and accreditation
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