Fed up with mounting cybersecurity breaches at DHS, legislators brought their frustrations to bear on CIO Scott Charbo June 20, accusing him of not doing his job.
DHS yesterday postponed a requirement for U.S. travelers to show passports or the new government-issued passenger ID card upon returning home at land or sea borders until the summer of 2008.
Health care and intelligence are two of the most promising growth opportunities for federal government IT services over the next five years, a new report said.
The Coast Guard's $24 billion Deepwater program remains vulnerable to failures due to uncertainty about whether there is enough trained staff performing oversight, a new GAO report said.
Claraview Inc. has won a contract from the Kentucky Education Department to provide services to support a data system that will help meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The Professional Services Council has recommended that DOD add three new categories that should not be made available to the public in response to a notice seeking comments on FOIA access to its Federal Document Management System's Central Contractor Registration database.
The chief procurement officer of the Homeland Security Department needs more authority to do proper oversight, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
A tight fiscal situation in Virginia is making it more important than ever for the state to find alternative funding mechanisms, a top state technology official said.
While he stopped short of calling the federal procurement system broken, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said the system is unhelpful and blamed the former Republican-led Congress for neglecting oversight.
A flurry of legislative activity in the state capitals over the past six months is laying the groundwork for coordinated health IT initiatives at the state level.
