People

Tool sought to ID data links

Homeland office is evaluating tools that would seek connections among data held by various organizations

People

OPM guides IT manager career track

OPM draft guidance creates a full-fledged job track for IT project managers into senior levels

People

Flyzik to retire from government

Former Treasury CIO's retirement will come at the end of his detail to the Office of Homeland Security

People

Money stalls homeland efforts

Until the bill to create the department goes through, the office can only gather information

People

NIMA open for transformation

NIMA has created an Enterprise Transformation Directorate

People

OPM draft to elevate project managers' role

OPM issued draft guidelines to help agencies shape the role project managers play in government IT programs

Acquisition

Regs could boost small biz

Agencies asked to report on, justify bundling contracts

Digital Government

NIST issues security certification guidance

Publication creates governmentwide process for improving federal systems

People

OMB releases small biz strategy

Strategy is intended to increase opportunities for small businesses in the federal market

People

Report sets e-gov measuring stick

OMB says new baseline report creates an important mark for measuring e-gov progress

Digital Government

NIST details certification process

Draft publication is designed to help agencies evaluate the level of security of any federal system

People

OMB offers tech ?starter set?

Draft white paper details technology standards agencies can use to share applications, system components

Digital Government

VA centralizes security control

VA and other agencies ramp up their information security management strategies

Digital Government

Assembling a model for the budget process

The Federal Enterprise Architecture business reference model will be used in the fiscal 2005 budget process

Digital Government

NIMA focused on transformation

NIMA has created an Enterprise Transformation Directorate to lead the way

Digital Government

Cyber bill gets boost

The Senate passed a bill to provide more than $900 million over five years for cybersecurity research and development

People

Making a case

EPA how-to guide helps managers draft business cases

People

Sniper takes life of FBI analyst

Linda Franklin was a career federal employee who became the ninth person killed by the sniper in the Washington, D.C., area

Acquisition

Fight against credit abuse 'uneven'

OMB highlights actions to combat abuse related to government-issued purchase and travel cards

Digital Government

Senate passes cyber R&D funding

Senate passes bill that will provide millions of dollars to cybersecurity research and development