Digital Government

PKI vendors wanted

The General Services Administration says it is ready to get suppliers for smart cards based on public-key infrastructure standards that include a new authentication specification.

Modernization

Xerox announces categorization software

The company's researchers say they've created a "deep linguistic analysis" program for organizing messages and documents.

Digital Government

GAO blasts Agriculture security

Congressional auditors found a poor record of protecting electronic information at the USDA.

People

Group to suggest Web standards

GSA's director of citizen services and communications will lead a group that must submit recommendations to OMB.

People

DigiStamp complains about Electronic Postmark

Company officials say the U.S. Postal Service competes unfairly against firms that offer an online service for authenticating digital documents.

People

E-filing keeps rising

If early tax filers are any indication, a record number of taxpayers could be filing electronically this year.

People

Education may list legit schools

Department officials say they will consider creating a list of accredited colleges that could help prospective students identify institutions offering legitimate degrees.

Acquisition

Orkand wins $100M Postal contract

The company will provide IT support services for the USPS Maintenance Technical Support Center.

Digital Government

Security trade group formed

Eleven companies created the Cyber Security Industry Alliance to influence public policy and spending.

People

OPM leads feds in e-payments

The Office of Personnel Management made 99.7 percent of its payments to vendors electronically in December.

Acquisition

Treasury cuts software maintenance fees

With an agencywide licensing deal, Treasury lowered its annual maintenance charges for Vignette's content management and portal software.

People

Postal bonuses: Paid on delivery

USPS ties incentives to service standards, cost cutting

Acquisition

IRS buys strategically

The new procurement approach brings the latest e-business practices to the Treasury Department.

People

Animal ID bills rustled up

Lawmakers introduced proposals to fund livestock tracking plans.

Acquisition

Project tracker solicitation canceled

'Too rich for our blood,' says the Education Department CIO.

Acquisition

Harris to bid on archives work

The company says it will lead a team competing for the National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Records Archives project.

People

CSC barred from tax-compliance work

The company was left out of new bids for tax-enforcement systems because of its failure to meet deadlines for other modernization contracts.

People

Security chief urges partnering

The government's record of fostering public-private partnerships IT security is 'unacceptable,' says the director of the National Cyber Security Division.

People

Federal patch service to stop

A federal official suggested that agencies would have to find commercial alternatives to the government's patch management service.

People

USPS aims for secure Web access

Postal officials say it will let them offer online account access and other services.