Tech

Bush asks for 4 percent increase in IT spending

OMB says number of poorly managed and planned technology projects jumped 47 percent last year.

Tech

ADVICE+DISSENT: Managing Technology Outside Job

As IT contracts expand, striking a balance between oversight and flexibility isn’t easy.

Defense

Poor management continues to plague Homeland Security, IG reports

Lack of a unified IT infrastructure said to prevent the department from operating effectively.

Management

Making Up For Lost Time

Agencies failed to meet the first deadline for HSPD-12. Now they need to get on the ball.

Tech

Industry experts question $6 billion Bush cybersecurity plan

Intrusion detection not enough to thwart hackers, they say.

News

Plan to require travel documents at border crossings could be delayed

GAO official notes progress in Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, but says project has a "long ways to go."

Tech

'Erased' personal data on agency tapes can be retrieved, company says

Manufacturer’s findings contradict GAO report, prompting call for new investigation.

Tech

TSA reports progress in port identification card program

But with just 12,000 of the 1.5 million cards activated, House panel chairman vows to remain vigilant.

Defense

CIA official: North American power company systems hacked

Cyberattacks have disrupted energy supplies and caused one blackout.

Oversight

OMB orders agencies to report on efforts to protect private data

Agency issues memo on implementing changes to Federal Information Security Management Act.

Tech

Microsoft offers feds support for online services

New strategy allows government customers to leverage software as a service.

Oversight

Missing e-mails should be on backup tapes, White House CIO says

Watchdog organizations continue to raise questions about Bush administration records preservation.

Defense

DHS revamps driver's license rules to cut costs to states

Critics say Homeland Security pushes responsibility for overseeing new secure driver’s licenses to next administration.

Oversight

Administration faces big challenge in records preservation

As deadline looms, White House and National Archives gauge progress.

Oversight

IRS incorrectly claimed security issues had been corrected

GAO finds several information security weaknesses reported as mitigated actually weren’t.

Tech

GSA awards governmentwide contracts for human resources technology

Agencies will compete with private companies for federal business.

Managing Technology

Making Up For Lost Time

Agencies failed to meet the first deadline for HSPD-12. Now they need to get on the ball.

Features

Tag Lag

For the past five years, radio frequency identification has been the hot technology. So far, RFID hype has outpaced delivery.

Tech

DHS readies contract to outsource data center services

Utility-based model designed to shift risk from government to industry.

Tech

Omnibus spending measure backs IT spending increases

Increases are centered in the areas of health care and homeland security.