For a second year, federal government computer systems received an overall failing grade for security as Rep. Steve Horn issued his annual report card.<br>
The homeland security bill that the House passed last week includes provisions to streamline information-technology acquisition, a congressman says.<br>
Michael Capellas, the "self-proclaimed geek" picked to take over WorldCom Inc., said he plans to bring the troubled telecommunications carrier out of bankruptcy as soon as possible.<br>
The General Services Administration has exercised the first one-year option of WorldCom Inc.'s FTS 2001 telephone contract, but it has barred two former WorldCom officials accused of criminal wrongdoing from future federal business.<br>
WorldCom Inc. won a five-year contract from the Veterans Affairs Department's Canteen Services division as the preferred long-distance service provider for patient phones in 175 VA medical centers and clinics. Despite the financial scandal that drove WorldCom into bankruptcy earlier this year, the company continues to be one of the largest providers of telecommunications services to the federal government.
<FONT SIZE=2>W</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ith 70 members, the Financial Services Committee is the second largest committee in the House, and public seating in its hearing room is limited.</FONT>
The Rolm CBX 9000 telephone switches at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., had been humming along since 1986 ? a long life for such equipment.
Combining six IT security agencies into one division of the proposed Homeland Security Department is an opportunity for enhanced efficiency, but it will not necessarily fix the weaknesses plaguing federal efforts to secure critical infrastructure, according to the General Accounting Office.
Ron Simmons became a believer in Internet collaboration in 1998 while looking for a way to track research funded by the Federal Aviation Administration's human factors office.
Presidential cybersecurity adviser Richard Clark announced two federal initiatives for improving the security of the nation's information infrastructure.
SBC Global Services Inc. and Winstar Communications Inc.both won local telecommunications service contracts worth $23 million for federal customers in Detroit.
Reps. Tom Davis, R-Va., and James Moran, D-Va., plan to reintroduce a bill July 10 to give businesses protection when they share systems security information with the government and other companies.
