Digital Government

Using the buying power

With a $60 billion annual investment in information technology, the federal government has significant purchasing power.

People

Feds stay busy

Federal officials can point to a hectic cybersecurity events calendar.

People

Librarian protects digital artifacts

Preserving the Information Age for the future

Digital Government

An ambitious to-do list

An ambitious to-do list

Cybersecurity

Steamed about security

Lawmakers increasingly push agencies for specifics

People

GPO wants modernization money

Changes in the printing industry will force the Government Printing Office to reinvent itself, the public printer says.

People

IRS audit underscores need to modernize

Integrated financial management can fix control problems -- which are delaying the system in the first place.

Digital Government

Animal tracking to start

The Agriculture Department says it has more than $18 million to start work on a computerized animal ID system.

Digital Government

Document security fears grow

Beta testing for a document policy server will begin in the summer, an Adobe official says.

Digital Government

More smart card standards, please

That's what officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say.

People

DHS alert closes router holes

Using the National Cyber Alert System, DHS officials warned Internet backbone operators of newly found vulnerabilities.

People

IRS wants culture change

An official says the agency's IT personnel must learn to deal with the public.

People

Contracts planned for ERA design

Federal officials expect to award two contracts by early fall for the design phase of the Electronic Records Archives.

People

IRS got 59.3M e-filers

An official said everything went smoothly for this latest tax season, except for a server crash.

People

Carlin to resign from NARA

Allen Weinstein has been nominated to replace John Carlin as national archivist.

People

Postal Service uses software to manage labor pool

Product helps control costs and deploy workers more efficiently

Digital Government

Outside firms to help with online ID checks

GSA will rely on trusted sources to issue digital credentials for federal Web sites

Digital Government

Last part of security strategy released

The National Cyber Security Partnership issued recommendations for the federal government and industry.

Digital Government

Keeping cybersecurity research quiet

DHS, DOD officials disagree on the need for secrecy

Digital Government

Info standards group releases draft

The proposed protocol from the National Information Standards Organization defines a way to exchange data between digital reference service domains.