Digital Government

State readies smart card roll out

The State Department will begin distributing 20,000 ?smart? cards to employees in October for entry to offices

People

Familiar territory

Agriculture CIO Scott Charbo takes on a new challenge

Digital Government

NIH awards research system pact

CSC to develop and tie together information systems for patient care and research

People

Report: Hill Web sites unresponsive on Sept. 11

Most offices do not have remote access to Web servers

Digital Government

CDC awards public health net

Contract to TRW calls for network that can be used in sharing public health data and evaluating threats

People

Poll: Protect firms from liability

Public wants the government to offer additional liability protection IT companies that provide homeland security solutions

Modernization

OMB reins in wireless

OMB intends to reduce the federal government's $1.5 billion investment in wireless telecommunications by forcing agencies to consolidate redundant projects

People

VA spruces up security act

Agency tightens system, personnel management

People

Mixed scores for fed sites after Sept. 11

Government Web sites became significant news sources for Internet users hungry for information after the Sept. 11 attacks

Modernization

Forman: Avoid wireless overlap

E-gov chief says some wireless telecommunications projects should be consolidated to avoid redundancy

People

Olson stirs IRMCO attendees

Solicitor General Ted Olson, whose wife perished Sept. 11, addresses fellow public servants

People

Help is on the way

USDA training program preps tech employees for modernization changes

People

Customs: E-filing helps port security

Customs plans to require that every ship heading to the U.S. electronically transmit a list of cargo at least 24 hours before it is loaded at a foreign port

Acquisition

Hewlett-Packard tapped for VA deal

Under the $225 million task order, HP will help the agency standardize its systems

Digital Government

IRS enlists help to migrate

Aelita Software wins contract to help the tax agency migrate to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000

People

New CIO starts at USDA

Scott Charbo has been designated as the new chief information officer at the Agriculture Department

People

Customs seeks early cargo info

Customs wants to require ships to electronically send a cargo list at least 24 hours before loading at a foreign port

People

Bonner backs Homeland shift

Customs commissioner supports president's plan to make personnel changes to build Homeland Security Department

Digital Government

VA toughens security after PC disposal blunders

The VA is tightening its policy on the disposal of old computers following disclosures that PCs containing sensitive veteran info were given away.

Modernization

Telecom troubles

As telecom providers struggle financially, nervous feds seek alternatives, backups