Federal Computer Week: Site Map

  • Jun 06, 2005
Last issue's news
Online news archive
Back issues of Federal Computer Week


SPECIAL REPORT: HOMELAND SECURITY

A room with a view
Public safety agencies grapple with loads of data flowing into command centers.

A continental security job
Border officials eye technologies that help a limited corps of agents cover more ground.

What are your weaknesses?
Automated assessment tools help agencies steer limited resources to biggest vulnerabilities.

NEWS

F Street shuffle
GSA draft reorganization plan gets cautious, critical reception.

DHS looks at interoperability using encryption software

Nonprofits accept the e-health records challenge

Circuit

Intercepts



COMMENT: ON CLINGER-COHEN

Editorial: A whole new world
Things have changed dramatically since "Computer Chaos" was published in 1994.

Brubaker: Before Clinger-Cohen, there was Chaos
The Computer Chaos report's impact on the way the government buys, uses technology continues to be felt.

Kelman: Are we better off now?
There is progress with procurement, but large programs still have not been fixed.

McConnell: Mission is the true driver
The big changes have come from events rather than new laws

Sprehe: Promises not yet fulfilled
Clinger-Cohen has been a major step forward in government management.

FLIP SIDE

Flyzik: Top 10 benefits of Clinger-Cohen
We have a far better IT environment since its passage.

MANAGEMENT

Can we have a word with you?
DOD employees flood agency with e-mail on pay-for-performance plans.

Under attack in the states

Conservative at helm of privacy panel



TECHNOLOGY

Keep on trucking
GPS wireless phones could record truck driver log data required by law.

Feds aren't aware of IPv6 benefits

Quick Look: The Alienware invasion



BUSINESS

Outsmarting SmartBuy
Firms outside the program are unfazed about competition

POLICY

Fed contracting opens for disabled veterans
Confusion about set-aside rules could hamper its effectiveness

Feds prepare but say little about cyberdefense plans

NASA looks at insourcing

At loggerheads over cybersecurity


Featured

  • Budget
    Stock photo ID: 134176955 By Richard Cavalleri

    House passes stopgap spending bill

    The current appropriations bills are set to expire on Oct. 1; the bill now goes to the Senate where it is expected to pass.

  • Defense
    concept image of radio communication (DARPA)

    What to look for in DOD's coming spectrum strategy

    Interoperability, integration and JADC2 are likely to figure into an updated electromagnetic spectrum strategy expected soon from the Department of Defense.

Stay Connected