Digital Government
Bite-sized keys lock aeronautical network
Elliptic curve cryptography makes security workable for air-to-ground communications
People
OMB floats e-gov 'branding' strategy
The Bush administration is urging e-gov managers to consider contracting with Web portal companies to host government sites
Acquisition
IT contract overlap under scrutiny
Potential duplication of IT offerings at GSA should be expanded to include all federal IT contracts, officials say
Modernization
Davis seeks review of telecom awards
Rep. Tom Davis has asked for a review of GSA's methods for choosing vendors on its local telecom contracts
People
House OKs simplified acquisitions
Bill would extend a pilot program allowing agencies to quickly award small contracts for commercial products
People
IBM to lead DOD financial plan
DOD picks IBM to lead the creation of a blueprint for fixing the department's troubled financial systems
Acquisition
GSA freezes IT leasing
GSA put a moratorium on new leasing deals for IT products through Federal Supply Service schedule contracts
Digital Government
XML efforts need focus, GAO says
The lack of a central XML effort in government could derail interoperability, according to a GAO report
Digital Government
NIST guides target e-mail, patches
Latest draft guidance deals with poorly configured e-mail servers and the failure to apply software patches
Acquisition
GSA puts moratorium on IT leasing
Agencies face 60-day hold on leasing IT products from contractors under the Federal Supply Service's schedule
Digital Government
DISA seeks detection system
DISA last week announced plans to work with GRC International Inc. to develop a system to help detect, analyze and defend against cyberattacks
Digital Government
Designing a component-based architecture
There are two ways to look at component-based architecture
Digital Government
Springing ahead
Federal enterprise architecture milestones from the Bush administration's E-Government Strategy report
Acquisition
Do metrics measure up?
GAO, agency officials consider ways to gauge the government's success in managing large IT services contracts
People
Federal navigation plan released
Plan supports modernization of GPS and reduced dependence on current ground-based systems
Digital Government
Patch system in the works
GSA contract would set up a governmentwide notification system to warn agencies of security holes in commercial software
Digital Government
Bush seeks security budget boost
The White House last week submitted to Congress an emergency supplemental budget request for fiscal 2002 that includes more than $36 million for various homeland security information technology programs
People
Homeland security gets CIO
The Bush administration earlier this month hired Steve Cooper as CIO in the Office of Homeland Security
Digital Government
NIPC split causes concern
Sen. Grassley takes issue with FBI?s plans to break up the National Infrastructure Protection Center
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