Digital Government

Education touts loan default tool

The Education Department reported Sept. 19 that the default rate on college student loans has dropped to its lowest point ever

Digital Government

FAA floats security options

With attention focused like never before on security in the skies, government and industry representatives repeated warnings made in years past: Technology needs to play a bigger role and be secured

Digital Government

Tech security options floated

Experts call for better computer security and passenger screening technologies to keep skies safe

Digital Government

FAA gathers ideas, applicants

An avalanche of citizen ideas on air travel safety prompts FAA to set up e-mail, Web form

Digital Government

Education touts loan default tool

Matching data with HHS database has yielded $130 million in outstanding student loans

Digital Government

Education financial info at risk

The department must plug holes in system and develop a security plan, GAO says

Digital Government

Drying up

Business for 8(a) firms continues to dwindle

Digital Government

USGS meshes water data

Compiling water data from a variety of databases into a single, easy-to-use resource was once a drip, drip, drip process

Digital Government

Researchers: Don't forget airport ops

NASA scientists would put PDAs in the hands of ground personnel.

People

Ruling favors FAA unit for IT pay raise

An arbitrator has ruled that computer specialists at a Federal Aviation Administration unit are entitled to the governmentwide information technology pay raise

Digital Government

Library patches its copyright search

The Library of Congress' U.S. Copyright Office has unveiled a Web-based copyright records search system

Digital Government

Prediction precision

NASA completes pilot project of system that shows planes' positions in advance

People

Training's resource

Fed portal lets your mouse do the walking

People

Ruling gives FAA unit IT raise

IT workers at an FAA unit will get the government's special pay raise, in an arbitrator's decision

People

Library patches copyright search

Webbased front end will improve access to 16 million records until new system is installed

Acquisition

American Indian firm wins pact

An Oklahoma-based telecommunications and information technology services provider won a federal contract potentially worth $100 million earlier this month

People

Labor CIO tapped for review board

The Labor Department's assistant secretary for administration and management has been appointed chairman of a new board designed to ensure that President Bush's management reform plan is pursued

People

NASA appoints security chief

NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin has named a director to head the agency's Office of Security Management and Safeguards

People

NASA appoints security chief

Secret Service veteran will oversee classified information security efforts

People

Labor CIO takes reform lead

New Labor board is designed to ensure that President Bush's management reform plan is pursued