Modernization
Committee to suggest ways to easier records management
The two biggest challenges agencies face are the inability of legacy systems to manage records and designing processes on the front end for new systems.
Modernization
HHS agencies contract for enterprise software
SiteScape Inc. to deploy workflow and collaborative software.
Modernization
DOD wants standardized platform for weapons use
The Defense Department’s transformation initiative has “built up a bow wave of change,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Marc “Buck” Rogers said at last week’s Joint Warfare 2004 conference in Arlington, Va.
Modernization
Reservists, DARPA, vendors fill technology gaps in a pinch
Military reservists in Iraq face new challenges every day, and IT workers among them are no exception.
People
The ‘Intelligent Internet’ is making gains
Key developments in computer intelligence synthesis should bolster growth of electronic government services, according to a recent report.<@SM>
People
House plans e-gov cuts
Congressional support for e-government initiatives has been shaky from the start, but a recent move sharply undercuts a handful of the projects, even as they near completion.
Modernization
Satellites, from the ground up
After a recent move to new quarters in Ashburn, Va., Veloris A. “Sonny” Marshall III and his 25 employees are back at work packing satellite receiving equipment into hardened “flyaway” cases for shipment from Dulles International Airport to federal sites around the world.
People
HHS awards Northrop Grumman e-Travel order
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded a nearly $1 million task order to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems to implement its Web-based e-Travel management.
People
OMB initiates funding model for Grants.gov
Grants.gov will move from a development to a fee-for-service model to support the operation and maintenance phase of the Quicksilver initiative.
Modernization
HHS adopts standards to speed health IT
Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson wants his department to implement electronic health records ahead of the president’s 10-year goal.
People
Web satisfaction scores rising
E-government achieves high citizen satisfaction ratings, according to recent survey results.
Modernization
Will the DHS financial system emerge, too?
Teams of contractors vying to develop the Homeland Security Department’s integrated financial system, dubbed Emerge2, face a risky task.
Modernization
OMB targets desktop hole in cybersecurity
Agencies are failing at the first line of defense against cyberattacks for lack of minimum desktop configuration security standards. And the Office of Management and Budget is trying to patch the gap, said Karen Evans, administrator for e-government and IT.
Modernization
Defense medical records system is rolling out ahead of schedule
Defense Department officials say military units are already ahead of schedule in meeting a recent mandate by President Bush for federal agencies to keep electronic health records of personnel and their families.
Modernization
Putnam, Davis seek changes to Clinger-Cohen
Reps. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) and Tom Davis (R-Va.) last week added proposed language to four sections of the 1996 Clinger-Cohen Act, which governs how agencies make their IT investments.
People
Interagency committee identifies steps to citizen-centered Web site
The Interagency Committee on Government Information last week recommended seven steps agencies can take to make their Web sites more accessible.
Modernization
States, feds working to fix Matrix
State officials would keep greater control of their own information under a plan that federal officials hope will bolster support for an antiterrorism information-sharing network.
People
Points of contact
On Sept. 11, 2001, all terrorism became local. State and local governments remain the front-line soldiers in the war against terror on domestic fronts.
People
Two e-gov initiatives change project managers
A pair of Quicksilver e-government projects reaching critical points of their development will have new managers.
Modernization
Cooper, Congress look to reshape chain of command
Congressional Democrats recently branded the Homeland Security Department’s IT management as less than effective and blamed it on “an organizationally weak DHS CIO’s office.”
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