Cybersecurity

NASCIO: Employees are biggest IT threat

A new report suggests training and access audits to help curb insider threats.

Modernization

Va. utilities agency to create geodatabase

Avineon also has to develop data models for each utility and a data maintenance application for the Department of Public Utilities in Richmond.

Modernization

E-procurement pays its own way

Strategic sourcing and e-procurement transform purchasing in DeKalb County, Ga.

Modernization

Conn., Va. residents to get emergency alerts by phone

The states have contracted with Reverse 911 to purchase its notification system.

People

Rubens Medina: Leading with a vision

Looking to create a digital library of international law, Medina found the need to teach and preach, recommending the creation of legal reference services that transcend political change.

People

State group taps JobCentral

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies tapped the commercial system to replace a federal job bank that is being phased out this summer.

Digital Government

BlackBerries to help Chicago manage youth services

Chicago’s Department of Children and Youth Services will be getting free services and devices through a donation from Sprint and eAccess Solutions.

Modernization

Colorado combines GIS, weather data

The state is implementing WeatherBug’s GIS Data Services in its Emergency Operations Center to enable emergency management workers to view weather data overlaid on geographic information.

People

Get smart about desktop management

Neglect the basics and you’ll risk having days of high-profile grief and frustration.

People

CyberShift software will help N.C. city manage employees

High Point, N.C., will use time-and-attendance software.

People

Mass. transit authority issues smart cards for e-ticketing

Using smart cards from Gemalto, passengers on buses and subways in the Boston area can swipe them in front of a reader that deducts fares.

People

A long haul for freight security

Cargo security plans for trucking, maritime and aviation sectors seek a balance between homeland security and efficient commerce.

People

Indiana DHS to use software to better track emergency response

Envisage Technologies’ Acadis Readiness Suite will let the department keep tabs on training statewide for fire, hazmat, medical, search and rescue, and other first responders.

People

Ciber, Universal Guardian Holdings team for port security

Ciber aims to market its maritime security solution through a new alliance with the company.

Digital Government

City uses energy auction to save money

The city of Worcester, Mass., expects to save more than $870,000.

Digital Government

Philadelphia housing agency taps Oracle

The Philadelphia Housing Authority has deployed Oracle’s PeopleSoft applications to better manage incoming calls and service requests.

People

Bush requests 8 percent budget hike for DHS

The president's request of $46.4 billion for DHS for fiscal 2008 includes $1 billion set aside for SBInet and a $16.5 million boost for TWIC.

People

Carnegie Mellon certifies EA grads

A handful of government sector practitioners were among the first group to graduate from an enterprise architecture program at Carnegie Mellon University.

Acquisition

Input: State, local outsourcing to grow

Economic pressure will compel state and local governments to pursue more outsourcing contracts in the coming years, a new study suggests.

People

Pennsylvania deploys new food voucher reporting system

The vendor reporting system automates the process through which the state pays vendors for the food vouchers they accept.