People
Education pushes grants online
A new regulation will make the Internet the Education Department's preferred means for receiving grant applications.
Cybersecurity
NIST helps on security budgets
NIST Special Publication 800-65 presents seven steps to ensure that IT budget requests comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002.
Cybersecurity
Two more from NIST
A pair of new publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provide technical help for government agencies and businesses that are required to protect information systems.
People
SSA expects IT to help decisions
Social Security Administration officials say technology projects will go a long way to solve decision-making problems cited in a new report from the General Accounting Office.
Digital Government
Online chats: Talk of the town
Government turns to e-talk to connect with citizens.
Digital Government
Using technology to protect privacy
Data mining raises fears about the loss of privacy.
Digital Government
Where oh where does all the data go?
GAO study provides Congress with a look at info that agencies collect.
Cybersecurity
Lieberman rips DHS wireless
The Democratic senator and frequent critic of the administration's homeland security policy blasts DHS about its wireless security holes.
People
Tech changes GPO
The Government Printing Office is re-examining its mission, a new report says.
Acquisition
Treasury to get info-sharing system
EDS will get $18.5 million to create a data warehouse for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
People
Library of Congress tools benefit online
Web versions will become the standard for the agency's cataloguing tools, a staffer says.
People
House staffer defends e-gov funding
Robert Dix accused Congressional appropriators of being shortsighted.
Cybersecurity
NIST aims to ease XP security setup
The draft of SP 800-68 has recommendations and checklists for Windows XP security.
Cybersecurity
Malicious server halted
A Russian site that had been downloading code to steal information from users has apparently been shut down.
Digital Government
USDA ushers out paper food stamps
Last week, Agriculture Department officials completed a 20-year effort to switch all 50 states to an electronic process for managing the $25 billion benefits program.
People
Grants available for preservation R&D
Feds are offering $2.3 million in research grants for managing and preserving digital information.
Acquisition
Bids sought for $3B Treasury program
As many as 10 individual contracts could be awarded under the Total Information Processing Support Services-3 program.
People
USDA gushes over electronic food stamps
Agriculture Department officials gathered in Washington, D.C., today to bid farewell to the paper system.
Cybersecurity
Putnam: Clinger-Cohen needs a cybersecurity boost
Proposed amendment would make security an essential part of IT buys
Modernization
Broadband goes rural
Companies use loans to bring high-speed wireless Internet access to rural areas
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