Defense
Pentagon tests new acquisition review process
The Enterprise Risk Assessment Model will be used to conduct 48-day reviews of major business IT systems.
News
Telework promoted as way to offset high gas costs
Study shows work-from-home options could cancel out extra commuting costs caused by gas price hikes.
Defense
Plans for digitizing immigration records called into question
Estimated cost of project to electronically store forms is $190 million over eight years.
Tech
Agencies' e-gov grades slump
Quarterly score card shows falling marks due to agencies’ inability to shift funds to key programs, administration says.
Pay & Benefits
FAA defends final labor contract offer
Despite mounting opposition, FAA chief Marion Blakey expects to implement final offer next month.
Tech
Flu plan requires rewriting of federal telework guidance
Telework advocates say plan to combat possible pandemic fails to address the national communication infrastructure.
News
Union calls for increase in mileage reimbursement rate
Group backs legislation that would raise the rate by more than 15 cents, to 60 cents per mile.
Tech
Hackers access personal information on TRICARE servers
Medical records untouched, but Social Security numbers and other personal information compromised.
News
GSA issues guidance on ‘early bird’ conference registrations
Rules aimed at addressing some employees' reluctance to take advantage of such offers, fearing they can't be reimbursed until after the event.
Tech
Tax filers use IRS Web site in record numbers
Security experts and the agency are confident that the site is secure from hackers.
Tech
Council releases blueprint for federal cybersecurity research
Plan calls for establishment of cybersecurity metrics.
Tech
Agriculture Department makes progress on IT consolidation
Agency also supports governmentwide shared services initiative, technology executives say.
Pay & Benefits
Impasse continues in FAA-union negotiations
Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, calls for the two sides to return to the negotiating table.
Tech
Union pushes for more telework at Justice agency
Only nine out of more than 800 agency employees represented by the union would be allowed to telework under an ATF proposal.
Tech
Private sector sees barriers to new identification system
Survey finds IT firms skeptical that agencies will meet an October deadline.
Defense
Pentagon’s IT chief says credibility hurt by cost, schedule overruns
John Grimes says his office is stretched thin, and contractors now make up more than half his staff.
Defense
Pentagon online travel system moves forward
An average of 6,000 flights are processed each day on the Defense Travel System.
News
GSA releases updated per diem rates
Update covers rates for eight metropolitan regions through September.
Management
Report: State Department failed to justify premium travel
Of $140 million spent on first-class travel over 18 months, 67 percent was not properly authorized.
Tech
Lawmaker may revisit computer security law
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., says he is open to ideas for improving the Federal Information Security Management Act.
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