People

TSA tries biometric checks

Frequent fliers who agree to submit biometric data and pass a background will be able to breeze through checkpoints at five airports.

Digital Government

LifeGuard boosts health telemetry

NASA officials believe they can improve monitoring of astronauts' vital signs.

Digital Government

Buy American

The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment that could jeopardize the newly awarded prime integrator contract for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program.

Cybersecurity

Congress antsy about TSA tech tests

Lawmakers: Agency needs to test less, implement more

Digital Government

Tracking the mail

When constituents mail letters to their representatives in Congress, the letters follow a circuitous path with many stops before they are finally delivered to a congressional office.

Digital Government

Congress views e-mail

Biohazards force members to view mail electronically

People

Lawmakers balk at US-VISIT award

Provision would block Accenture bid, citing company's offshore parent

Digital Government

NASA, Xerox collaborate

They have a network that combines software from NASA's Ames Research and Xerox's research center.

People

Appropriations Committee approves move to cancel US-VISIT award

The measure to prohibit federal contracts with Bermuda-based corporations now goes to the House Rules Committee.

People

GAO points to airport security holes

Auditors say airports have significant holes in employee screening systems.

Digital Government

Legislation to watch

Although most experts don't expect lawmakers to make much policy this year, there are some bills worth watching.

People

Keeping the courts tech-savvy

Mel Bryson struggles to bring e-gov to the judicial branch.

Acquisition

Tech on the back burner

Congress focused on war, elections, not IT

Acquisition

DOT cancels $21M solicitation

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration decided to use another transportation agency's system for salary management.

Digital Government

Is your data sensitive?

The Federal Geographic Data Committee's draft guidance asks agency officials to assess whether geospatial data has homeland security implications.

People

Bureau of Indian Affairs helps its customers

Getting a grip on 21st-century technology

Cybersecurity

Feds map risks of GIS

Guidelines seek balance between security, access

Cybersecurity

FDIC info security lacking, GAO finds

FDIC must establish controls and ensure information security receives enough attention, auditors said.

People

NASA extends media archive deadline

But the space agency says there's been plenty of interest.

Acquisition

GAO backs protest pair

The General Accounting Office upheld protests against NASA, EPA contract awards.