AT&T team to perform USAID Web upgrade

AT&T Government Solutions will provide Web expansion and maintenance services to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Skinner: DHS statutory compliance uncertain from weak systems

IT system limitations and manual reporting errors are preventing DHS from determining whether it is fully complying with the Buy American Act, according to a report from the department's Inspector General.

Alcatel closes Lucent buy

Alcatel-Lucent began operating today as a new company on the completion of Alcatel's purchase of Lucent Technologies Inc.

General Dynamics to supply Marines with communications

General Dynamics Corp. as won a $45.6 million contract from the Marine Corps Systems Command for 150 communications units for Marine operations in Iraq.

FBI may put squeeze on SAIC

Senators propose refund for failed VCF project.

Clean slate

Eleven states will make fresh start on IT strategy in 2007.

HHS working on emergency-responder health IT use

Details of an emergency-responder electronic health record as another early use for health IT are being developed by the Health and Human Services Department.

IPOs fire fed market

Increased revenue and new public players are bright spots of active third quarter.

Seat management competition for IRS closed

The IRS announced last week it will not proceed with a public-private competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for the entire Seat Management program.

Command to go

Improved technology, better birds fuel satellite growth.

News in brief

Education, workforce lead concerns of IT firms ... General says networks key to anti-terror ... Agriculture seeks mobile encryption ... more briefs

News in brief

Education, workforce lead concerns of IT firms ... General says networks key to anti-terror ... Agriculture seeks mobile encryption ... more briefs

A giant leap for first response

Cities move beyond walky-talkies and toward interoperability.

Indiana names Weaver CIO

As of Dec.r 1, Indiana CIO Karl Browning will become the state's new Transportation Department commissioner and current state chief technology officer Gerry Weaver will step into Browning's post as CIO.

GAO report: IT testing lacks consistency

A new report has found that federal agencies are not testing their security controls with any consistency or timeliness and may not be aware of the systems' weaknesses.

White House calls, GD answers

General Dynamics Corp.'s IT business will help complete the transition of the White House's external communications system to an Internet protocol-based infrastructure.

To win against terrorism, DOD networks must be innovative

"You need a network to defeat a network." That concept is key to winning against al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, director of operations, J-3 of the Joint Staff.

GAO: Infrastructure protection stresses resilience, recovery

Plans for protecting the nation's critical information technology networks and systems are focused on developing resiliency and quick recovery, according to a new report.

Some ? not all ? state CIOs pitch in on health IT issues

While a number of state CIOs are active in crafting and monitoring health care information technology initiatives, some are not involved directly in such endeavors, according to a new report.

Expert: Democratic control not a negative for Intel community

The change in Congress from Republicans to Democrats should not have a direct negative effect on the intelligence community, according to one expert.