People

DOD shuts out worm, public

Many military Web sites shut down again despite success in protecting against infection

Digital Government

Worm carries larger warning

FedCIRC spreads message to agency executives that a formal process for protecting systems is needed

Digital Government

Telecom contract hits snags

GAO letter details trouble agencies are having with the new Metropolitan Area Acquisition contracts

People

Role of agency COO begins to take shape

Agency officials hope the COOs sought by the Bush administration will help it deliver on its management goals.

Digital Government

Cybercenter funding may fall short

The House Appropriations Committee's decision to provide less money than the Bush administration has asked for may stymie plans to expand the program.

People

Daniels: Fed IT workers 'not the best'

Federal information technology workers 'are probably not the best the nation has to offer' and are hampering the government's efforts to create an electronic government, the director of the Office of Management and Budget said last week.

Digital Government

NIPC coordination still a concern

But the center is improving its ability to provide warnings and analysis on computer security threats

Digital Government

Security gets boost, questions

Committee supports federal PKI funding, but questions wisdom of centralized approach to security

People

IT workforce hurting e-gov

OMB director says government IT professionals 'are probably not the best the nation has to offer'

Digital Government

OMB plugs in budgeting step

Memo outlines conversion to an electronic process for agencies to send plans for spending money

People

GSA's Janice Mendenhall dies

Longtime FTS employee was advocate for government/industry partnerships

Digital Government

OMB sets up audit option

OMB may allow agency components with a proven track record for financial management to skip the mandated annual audit

Acquisition

Competition winners to be monitored, OMB says

Whether agencies choose to keep work in-house or contract it out, they will have to prove that was the right decision through a new review process being developed by the Office of Management and Budget.

Acquisition

OMB picks finance chief

President Bush will nominate Mark Everson to oversee the administration's goal of improving agencies' use of financial information, White House officials said July 17.

People

Task force to map e-gov path

Agency leaders will identify egovernment opportunities to push agencies toward citizencentered service

Digital Government

Identify your needs

ACES eKit helps agencies determine digital certificate requirements

People

Plans across the waters

U.S. learns from U.K. e-gov experience

Digital Government

CIAO efforts under scrutiny

Lawmakers are seeking a study to determine whether other government offices duplicate CIAO's efforts

Digital Government

White House foils computer worm

Change of IP address thwarts Code Red worm's distributed denialofservice attack on Web site

People

OMB financial chief lined up

Bush picks nominee for controller of OMB's Office of Federal Financial Management