Digital Government
PITAC gets new life as part of PCAST
Combination of two committees could help raise IT issues to higher level
People
Lawmakers praise National Weather Service's pre-Katrina efforts
House lauds NWS for Katrina warning, but agency officials say they could've done better.
People
USGS could outsource IT-based mapping operations
The functions of 400 federal employees at five locations will either be eliminated or transferred to an operations center in Colorado.
People
GSA, OMB seek input on info sharing
The RFI could lead to procurements aimed at improving how people locate, retrieve and share government information.
People
Lockheed takes over FAA flight service
The systems integrator has absorbed 1,750 employees as part of outsourcing deal.
People
PITAC returns as part of PCAST
President Bush is reviving the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee by folding it into the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
People
FirstGov completes its search
Government Web portal will use search engine that clusters results
People
Google: Fit for intelligence work?
Some question whether search engine can detect complex patterns
Digital Government
Auditors hack Interior's financial and personal data -- again
IG criticizes Interior's response to the audits and urges agency to address vulnerabilities.
Digital Government
NASA supercomputing to lift off with Google
NASA Ames Research Center and Google have announced they will borrow each other’s computer scientists.
Cybersecurity
GAO discredits the FAA's information security strategy
Information security procedures for air traffic control systems are unacceptable, GAO auditors say.
People
Justice helps police with free mapping software
Earlier this month, the Justice Department handed out free software to police as part of a new crime prevention system.
Digital Government
Questions seeking answers
USA Services e-gov initiative seeks streamlined answers to citizens' questions
People
Senator: Bring back radio alert system
Sen. Ted Stevens has suggested that the country should return to broadcasting Cold War-era radio emergency alerts as part of a new national alert system.
People
FirstGov portal to soon offer better search organization
GSA is implementing Clusty.com, a search engine that clusters hits by category, and expanding the portal's search capacity to include 24 million Web pages.
People
Google classified
Search engine partners with federal vendors to move into intelligence and defense markets.
People
Auditors find gaping holes in EPA IT procedures
The Environmental Protection Agency is losing millions of dollars by not monitoring its IT systems, according to an inspector general report.
People
NASA bungles e-mail policy
Directive wrongly implied that employees should not answer public inquiries
People
Real-time weather alerts silenced
NWS, WeatherBug and telecommunications company officials have labored to restore communications at stations that transmit weather information.
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