Digital Government
Security made simple
RedCreek Communications Inc. last week announced a new management tool for virtual private networks designed to let non-technical managers set and enforce security policies across an organization.
Digital Government
Agencies' GPRA reports vary
The ability of agencies to report on the results of their programs varies greatly, and members of Congress are afraid that the quality of the report links directly to the quality of the programs
Digital Government
'ILOVEYOU' has sinister side
The 'ILOVEYOU' computer virus reportedly includes hidden code that collects network passwords and transmits them to a Web site maintained by an unknown attacker. Plus, FCW's complete coverage of the LOVE virus attack.
People
Public services get a hand
Agencies are increasingly turning to the private sector for solutions and partnerships that will help the government become more customeroriented, officials said at the Information Processing Interagency Conference in Orlando, Fla., last week.
Digital Government
State CIOs Climb the Ranks
State chief information officers have progressed rapidly to positions where they can have a real impact on how states serve citizens
Digital Government
Agencies are 'own worst enemy'
The largest security danger facing federal agencies still is the lack of proper security procedures, experts say
Digital Government
CIO Council joins international IT effort
The federal CIO Council is getting involved in an international effort to coordinate the use of information technology
Acquisition
Ensuring contract competition
Under a revision to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, federal contracting officers must take steps to ensure quickaward contracts are competitive
Modernization
State jump starts overseas network
The State Department has put forward more than $1 million from its own budget to start developing a plan that will bring the 40 agencies with overseas presences onto a single unclassified network by 2003
Acquisition
Peace Corps awards Seat contract
The Peace Corps has awarded a $16.9 million task order for desktop and network outsourcing services to Federal Data Corp.
Acquisition
Government-market dot-coms team up
TechSmart.com Wednesday announced a partnership with FedCenter.com to offer preowned and offlease hardware and software to federal agencies
Acquisition
Companies band together to sell used technology
State and local customers will be able to buy the products through various online sites
People
Litronic to secure DOD e-mail
The Defense Department has awarded a $500,000 contract to Litronic Inc. to provide highsecurity software for DOD's secure email system
Digital Government
Vendors tighten security offerings
Security vendors in the government market are increasingly seeing a new type of customer: agency managers who know they need something but don't know exactly what. Spurred to action by presidential directives and hacker threats, many agencies are eager to beef up their security but are short on the skills to do it.
Digital Government
Agencies pushed toward PKI
Amid the drive to put more government services on the Internet, federal officials are urging agencies to secure information systems and are providing the technical and legal tools to help.
Digital Government
Hill probes IT management
Four years after Congress passed a law requiring top IT managers to defend spending tens of billion of dollars on information technology every year, two senators have asked agencies to show how well they have complied.
Digital Government
Sample of Internet Security Systems' consulting services
British Standard 7799 risk assessment.
People
GSA task order coming on ACES pilot
The General Services Administration is close to awarding a task order that will provide pilot digital certificates to agencies at a lower cost than under the main contract
Digital Government