People
DHS under more scrutiny after attacks
Agencies told to hold contractors accountable for cybersecurity when they write contracts
People
VA: IT, security progress to accelerate in 2008
But GAO said the department is lagging in its reorganization and management processes.
Acquisition
Treasury awards AT&T $270 million Networx task order
The department awarded AT&T a similar contract almost three years ago.
People
Lawmakers to DHS: Investigate response to cyberattacks
The House Homeland Security Committee has requested that the Homeland Security Department's inspector general investigate cyberattacks on DHS that originated from Chinese-language Web sites and actions by Unisys that the committee called incompetent and possibly illegal and may have failed to detect the intrusions.
People
HUD’s housing locator aids victims
Online rental listings fill in the large gaps discovered after Hurricane Katrina hit
People
HUD awards $42.6M program management contract
The Housing and Urban Development Department has awarded a $42.6 million contract to G&B Solutions of McLean, Va., to provide program management services and institutionalize program management approaches departmentwide.
People
GAO: VA data still at risk
Agency officials have taken numerous steps to secure sensitive data, but those initiatives are not comprehensive or mature enough to be effective, GAO auditors say.
Digital Government
Evans: Desktop standards will make networks safer
Office of Management and Budget officials believe a standard computer desktop configuration will dramatically improve security governmentwide, said Karen Evans, OMB's administrator for e-government and information technology.
People
GAO: VA data still at risk
Agency officials have taken numerous steps to secure sensitive data, but those initiatives are not comprehensive or mature enough to be effective, GAO auditors say.
People
Agency programs performing better, PART shows
Programs saw better ratings because they have adopted more effective performance measures and improved the data gathering of those measures, an OMB official said.
People
Claims backlog, vets' transition top issues for next VA chief
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee praised outgoing VA Secretary James Nicholson for his response to data breaches.
People
USDA outsources its finances
The Agriculture Department could smooth the path for other large agencies to outsource their financial operations with its decision to award Accenture a $102.6 million financial management services contract
People
GAO: DHS is still a work in progress
Congressional auditors tell agency what it must do to improve IT management
People
Workers tested on security smarts
Agency officials explore ways to make employee security training effective
Modernization
Transportation wants to share more services with FAA
Server virtualization, for example, could enable DOT and FAA to use each other as backup for continuity of operations instead of having individual COOP sites.
People
USDA picks Accenture to modernize financial systems
During the first month of the program, the contractor will develop a draft Financial Management Modernization Project Plan.
People
NIST prepares due diligence standards for cybersecurity
As initiative moves into its second phase, some industry officials question whether improvements are real.
People
Senate passes VA spending bill in near-unanimous vote
The bill, which would give VA $4 billion more than Bush requested, includes $64.8 billion for discretionary spending and $41 billion in veterans’ disability benefits.
Digital Government
OMB to issue EA best practices to drive business value
Agencies will have to collaborate more with one another to develop and deliver the next generation of services, OMB Chief Architect Burk said.
People
GAO: DHS falls short on security, management benchmarks
Out of 171 expectations, the department did not achieve 83 of them, GAO said in a report released today.
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