People
Making it harder to get a driver's license
Congress working on new law to create standards for state ID
Digital Government
New York builds a spatial data library
Map-based system will let emergency officials search for resources.
Modernization
States still working on communications
A new survey indicates that significant challenges remain in communications interoperability for states.
People
Colombia, U.S. create finance database
The United States sent 215 computers to Colombian officials for a joint database of trade and financial information.
People
DHS CIO wants 10 percent more
According to the proposed fiscal 2006 budget, the CIO's office would get an increase of $28 million from the current year.
People
Refine port grants, IG says
The structure of the port security grant program hinders DHS' ability to provide money where it's most needed, according to an inspector general.
People
Connecticut finds tech chief
Diane Wallace, formerly of Aetna, will be Connecticut's chief information officer.
People
IAIP boss: Cut could impede efforts
But threat-determination function doesn't need that much work after a baseline is laid down, Patrick Hughes says.
People
Hughes to depart DHS
The acting undersecretary for the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Director said he will retire in March.
People
NJ manages school capital online
The Garden State will deploy a Web application that education officials can use to manage capital plans for buildings.
People
SEC approves XBRL rule
Securities regulators will use voluntary filings to test the Extensible Business Reporting Language standard.
People
Justice funds XML pilots
Six states will each get $50,000 grants for projects that use the Global Justice Extensible Markup Language Data Model.
People
GAO sees homeland security challenges
Interagency coordination will be important to many homeland security initiatives, GAO says.
People
Phoenix, D.C. win IT honors
The Public Technology Institute cited six cities for their IT projects.
People
House creates homeland security subcommittees
The House Homeland Security Committee established five subcommittees.
Modernization
Labor upgrades IT core
The department's fiscal 2006 proposed IT budget will focus on upgrading outdated infrastructure.
People
Commerce IT gets small boost
Budget includes $133 million increase for Census data collecting.
Digital Government
USDA seeks common computing funds
The Bush administration would add about $116 million to the Agriculture Department's IT budget.
People
DHS plan highlights high-risk areas
State and local areas at greater risk for a terrorist attack could get more funding in President Bush's fiscal 2006 spending plan.
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