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

'Seat' sows confusion

Agencies perplexed about desktop outsourcing costs

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

Senate gets tough on agencies over Clinger-Cohen

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Monday sent out letters to 24 federal agencies asking them how close they are to compliance with the ClingerCohen Act of 1996 and what types of benefits the agencies have seen from the use of technology