People

US-VISIT to get biometric exit

Officials plan to include biometric technology and more airports in the exit part of the visitor tracking system.

People

NASA seeks input on centers

NASA officials have issued a request for information to gather suggestions about converting convert field centers to federally funded research and development centers.

Digital Government

Feds up the ante on supercomputing

Announcements from NASA and the Navy underscore the government's resurgent interest.

Cybersecurity

A trail of mishaps

Los Alamos National Laboratory has a history of security lapses involving classified removable electronic media.

Modernization

SRA wins EPA deal

SRA International Inc. won a blanket purchase agreement for information technology services.

Cybersecurity

Taming the wild west

Energy poised to rein in data losses at its labs, but institutional demons remain

Digital Government

SGI, Intel to build NASA supercomputer

Project Columbia is expected to boost the space agency's supercomputing capacity by a factor of 10.

People

Geospatial comments sought

The Interior Department's U.S. Geological Survey is accepting public comments on Version 2 of the Geospatial One-Stop Portal.

People

Eight years later, CIOs search for their place

In the eight years since the creation of the federal CIO position, the role remains in a state of flux.

Cybersecurity

Energy halts use of classified discs, drives

The department's secretary ordered all Energy operations using controlled removable electronic media to stop until media protection procedures improve.

People

Boosting CIOs' stature

Experts and lawmakers debated ways to improve the effectiveness of federal CIOs.

Acquisition

Ten win Interior contract

The $2 million blanket purchase agreement covers IT security certification and accreditation.

People

CAPPS II is not dead yet, but changes are likely

The agency offered an array of conflicting reports on the fate of the program.

People

CAPPS II faces overhaul

But a good portion of the program will be retained, a DHS spokeswoman says.

Acquisition

Lockheed wins another ODIN deal

It's another notch in Lockheed's NASA belt.

People

Robbins-Gioia gets TSA blanket purchase deal

The company also won the first task order under the BPA.

People

Congress to agencies: Phone it in

Managers leery of letting workers out of their sight

Digital Government

A federal bonus bonanza?

The Federal Workforce Flexibility Act offers incentives to help agencies compete with the private sector for talent.

People

Bonuses benefit new hires

Some fear plan will hurt current feds

People

Reps. urge telework

Lawmakers are poised to draft legislation to increase the number of federal employees who work remotely.