The Defense Intelligence Agency feels that true interoperability must occur at the data level, instead of the system level. To this end, the agency is building a SOA with a set of common data standards that will use Web services, XML, meta-data tagging and other tools to ease collaboration.
The project manager for the FBI's upcoming Sentinel case management system needs to hire an additional 24 employees as soon as possible to handle the demands of the procurement, according to the Justice Department inspector general's office.
The nation's L-1 visa program for temporary IT workers from foreign countries is vulnerable to fraud and potential abuse, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department inspector general Richard Skinner.
The Justice Department has requested more information from General Dynamics Corp. and Anteon International Corp. for its review of the defense giant's proposed acquisition of Anteon.
Even amid the continued doubts of experts, and with only one approved technology vendor, the State Department is pressing forward with its electronic passport program.
Five vendors have been tapped by the General Services Administration to support the Office of Management and Budget's lines of business consolidation initiatives.
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Imagine you're applying for a job, and it looks like a match made in heaven. The employer needs someone with exactly your skills and experience, and you like the stature, salary and challenge of the position. But there's a catch.
Vacancies and personnel turnover have reached such high levels at the Homeland Security Department that they may be hampering the agency's effectiveness, according to several industry and policy experts.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has set up an enterprise architecture organization headed by a chief technology officer and eight technologists focused on data management and on data element and relationship modeling.
Thomas Modly, deputy undersecretary of Defense for financial management, said the department's Business Transformation Agency has met 80 percent of its milestones.
A new report from Computer hardware and software seller CDW Government Inc. finds that more federal workers are working from home this year than last year?with nearly one-half of all teleworkers starting over the past year.
At first glance, the administration heralded its commitment to technology in the fiscal 2007 IT budget, raising the request by more than 2.8 percent over this year. But in a closer analysis of the numbers from agencies over the past month, the Office of Management and Budget revealed that the White House's IT request will increase by only 0.5 percent over 2006.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee, concerned over President Bush's proposed fiscal 2007 budget, released a report detailing how cuts could impact funding for small-business development programs.
Wireless networks will take on a much more prominent role in the Homeland Security Department's updated requirements for interoperable communications for first responders.
Acting administrator David Bibb submitted the reorganization plan to the House and Senate appropriations committees Monday at their request to review the FAS merger.
Four federal contracting employees have been demoted a pay grade and removed from direct involvement in acquisitions after being accused of mishandling procurements for the nation's $429 million border camera surveillance system.
A memorandum from assistant secretary of the Navy Delores M. Etter essentially eliminates with the direct reporting program manager structure and moves four of the five DRPM program offices under program executive offices.
Voice over IP, the technology that uses Internet Protocol to transmit telephone calls over data networks instead of over the public switched telephone network, may be ready for enterprisewide deployments.
