People

Managing from the get-go

US-VISIT team works even before launch

People

Agencies get down to business

OMB's decision to bounce back business case studies improves planning, officials say

Digital Government

DEA extends info security contract

Science Applications International got a $9.2 million follow-on contract from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

People

SkillSoft upgrades for accessibility

The company has enhanced more than 300 IT skills courses to meet the requirements in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

People

Forman pushes for open standards

Agencies should start using open-standard solutions that rest on a foundation of business processes, former e-gov leader Mark Forman says.

Acquisition

Davis reviews immigration contracting

The House Government Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Tom Davis, will review legacy contracting functions at the former Immigration and Naturalization Service.

People

Atlanta to test US-VISIT tech

Homeland Security will test the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology technologies at Atlanta International Airport.

Digital Government

Justice renews Web use monitor

DOJ will keep using Wavecrest's Cyfin Reporter software to track employees' Web surfing.

People

EPA blasts e-rulemaking audit

An EPA official wonders why the GAO audited the Regulations.gov program just weeks after it was launched.

People

Senate would keep e-gov funding at $5M

The Senate approved $5 million for the e-government fund, the same as it has received for the past three years.

People

Commerce's Bodman to head E-Gov committee

Samuel Bodman will become chair of the e-gov committee on the President's Management Council.

People

West to take over as FEMA CIO

CIO musical chairs continue, as West replaces Rose Parkes, who replaced Karen Evans, who replaced Mark Forman, who took an industry job.

People

Homeland Security seeks fees to fund SEVIS

Officials are proposing a one-time $100 fee on foreign students to pay for maintenance of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.

People

Entrust to provide PKI for FBI

Northrop Grumman chose Entrust to provide public-key infrastructure protection for FBI systems.

People

Evans: E-gov marches on

The government's e-government boss said agencies should keep improving even after they get green scores on the president's management score card.

Digital Government

DigitalNet upgrades info sharing software

XTS-400 is designed for intelligence and homeland security agencies sharing data across jurisdictions and networks.

People

FBI uses Convera for searching terror data

The company will get $1.5 million to provide RetrievalWare for searching counterterrorism and intelligence data.

Digital Government

Coast Guard intranet wins kudos

The clean design and personalized features of the Coast Guard's intranet caught the attention of the Nielsen Norman Group

People

OPM survey to gauge telework progress

Office of Personnel Management officials issued their annual survey as part of the agency's effort to measure the status of the federal telework program.

People

GAO sees e-rulemaking holes

Regulations.gov could do things to make it easier to find proposed rules, the General Accounting Office says.