People
GPO staff head to class
E-learning courses teach how to resolve conflicts and build communities.
People
Education expands aid modernization
Education Department officials are now sifting through 4,731 ideas about how to redesign their front-end student financial aid systems.
Modernization
CSC gets EDNet work
Education officials awarded a $176 million contract to CSC for managing information technology services on the department's data network.
Acquisition
Changes coming for Postal procurement
New procurement rules at the U.S. Postal Service will go into effect May 19, replacing previous rules and affecting all future contracts.
Cybersecurity
Security group wants ideas
An interagency task force is appealing to industry for ideas to improve security while reducing costs.
Cybersecurity
Evans stresses security standards
A new cybersecurity line-of-business initiative could become a basis for the next wave of security improvements, Karen Evans says.
People
ID theft stirs lawmakers
Federal lawmakers have introduced 18 bills while state legislators have offered 30 measures to deal with online threats.
Digital Government
Privacy groups question data use
A loophole that now allows federal agencies to skirt Privacy Act restrictions by using commercial data brokers should be closed, a privacy advocate tells the Senate.
Cybersecurity
CygnaCom enters certification work
The information assurance specialist now offers certification and accreditation services.
Digital Government
Report cards often hide the true picture
Congress, OMB tackle IT security reporting.
Modernization
DHS asks for business help
Homeland Security IT officials say business and policy challenges are the hardest parts of interoperability.
Cybersecurity
Evans: No big changes in security guidance
But the federal e-gov and IT boss is willing to consider changes that would make annual security evaluations more consistent.
People
Think big, Accenture says
The leader of Accenture's government group urged officials to be ambitious about e-government.
Cybersecurity
Security forum members to meet in May
The Chief Information Security Officers Exchange has already started working to raise the federal government’s security grade.
Cybersecurity
OMB proposes ID timetable
Under the plan, agencies would start issuing new ID cards to employees and long-term contractors in October 2006.
People
USPS adds training partner
The University of Phoenix will offer one three-credit course free to Postal employees who pay for three courses.
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