People

Transportation faces security, IT investment issues

DOT's Inspector General listed information technology security and investment as top management challenges.

People

FAA extends union pact

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association signed a two-year contract extension that has pay-for-performance raises.

Digital Government

USGS uses Maps a la carte open source

The company's TopoZone.com will be part of the National Map project.

People

Stone assumes top spot at TSA

He was deputy chief of staff at the Transportation Security Administration.

People

Unisys adds Arinc to TSA project

Arinc will be a subcontractor on the Airport Access Control pilot.

Digital Government

Making public info public

Debate about access to CRS reports flares up

Digital Government

VA aces business case exam

Program management certification key to having all 59 cases accepted on first pass

People

Reclamation drops 'acting' from CIO's title

Randy Feuerstein is now the Bureau of Reclamation's CIO ? period.

Acquisition

VA aces Exhibit 300s

The Department of Veterans Affairs is the first to do so, its CIO says.

Digital Government

FAA takes the offensive on cyberdefense

Agency's 'Android' aims to emulate human resilience

Digital Government

VA has new security program

Veterans Affairs officials started a vulnerability management program to provide improved cybersecurity at more than 250 facilities nationwide.

People

Lockheed to develop training for airport screeners

Safe Passage International will provide software.

People

Lockheed Martin hits water safety goals

The company achieved several deployment milestones for the Coast Guard's Ports and Waterways Safety System.

People

Science Inventory goes online

The EPA's database of scientific and technical projects has information on more than 4,000 products.

Digital Government

House raises Energy computing funds

The House approved $30 million more than the administration requested for the Advanced Scientific Computing program in 2004.

Digital Government

1 million searches ECHO through EPA

The environmental agency's database for facility compliance and enforcement info delivered more than 1 million searches in its first year.

Digital Government

NASA installs Linux supercomputer

The world's first supercomputer to run on Linux will analyze ocean circulation.

People

GPO names new chief information officer

Reynold Schweickhardt has been GPO's information resources management policy manager.

People

Senators seek revised Deepwater time frame

Susan Collins and Joe Lieberman want the Coast Guard's fleet upgrade plan sped up.

People

Court issues time out on Interior case

The Interior Department received a court-ordered reprieve from conducting a full historical accounting of the Indian Trust fund.