DHS Proceeds With Financial System Overhaul

Despite an OMB directive to halt to all new financial-system procurements pending agency review, the Department of Homeland Security plans to move ahead with $450 million Transformation and Systems Consolidation project.

Homeland Security’s Fourth ERP Attempt Foundering

The Transformation and Systems Consolidation, intended to create an integrated financial, asset management and acquisition management system, has suffered from incomplete planning, poor oversight, inspector general finds.

The FBI’s Challenge: Collaborate More, But Stay Secure

CIO Fulgham has made progress getting agents better tools, but some of the toughest fixes still lie ahead.

NASA Tests GPS Tsunami Prediction System

Researchers used data from a GPS network to successfully predict the size of the tsunami that followed February’s 8.8 earthquake in Chile.

Department Of Commerce Names CIO

Simon Szykman comes from NIST to replace Suzanne Hilding and manage Commerce’s $2.6 billion annual IT budget.

CFTC Lacks Funding for "Essential Reforms," Says Gensler

Gary Gensler, the head of the top U.S.

CIA Boosting Cybersecurity Investment

Preventing and fighting cyber threats is one of three priorities in the agency’s five-year plan.

Q&A: Peggy Scott, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets

Liberty Mutual Agency Markets seeks to deliver easy-to-use capabilities that feature the flexibility normally associated with a regional carrier but that are backed by the strength associated with a national brand, says Peggy Scott, assistant VP and manager of marketing information services.

NOAA Tackles Climate Change

Responding to public demand for climate change information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to form a NOAA Climate Service line office and launches a new website to serve as a single point-of-entry for NOAAs extensive climate information, data, products and services. – To accommodate the increasingly number of requests for climate change information, the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) said Feb.

Open Government Dashboard, Agency Sites Launched

While most federal agencies are meeting Open Government Directive milestones, the information on the sites diverges widely, and the public isn’t participating much just yet.