Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano has called for a reassessment of SBInet, the virtual border fence program. SBInet is an $8 billion electronic surveillance system, first contracted by Boeing in September 2006. According to Federal News Radio, the goal of the program is to “use technology, including cameras, sensors, advanced detection technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles and [...]
George Bressler currently serves as supervisory border patrol agent of Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection. Bressler was lead coordinator for the 2008 Operation Golden Phoenix antiterrorism training exercise in which representatives from 150 organizations and agencies were successfully mobilized. The mission of Operation Golden Phoenix was to demonstrate technologies and coordinated team [...]
With the Obama Administration placing a high priority on the goal of transparency in the federal government these days, blogging has become a dynamic, useful tool for agency officials to communicate thoughts, opinions and information directly to the public. High-ranking federal officials are taking to the web and fueling a communications trend that is rapidly [...]
As senior procurement executive at the Department of Education, Perry brought together the CIO Council and Chief Acquisition Officers Council by helping the two agencies understands each other’s expertise. Also co-chairman of the CAO Council’s Acquisition Committee for E-Government, Perry provided the acquisition community with technology and writing guidance to help agencies transition to more [...]
The Office of Personnel Management has taken steps to improve the federal government’s job engine USAJOBS.gov, making changes to increase ease and efficiency. “USAJOBS is a great example of a hugely successful internet job site, the one that is helping people find Federal jobs,” said OPM Director John Berry. The changes taken were based on [...]
The OMB has announced an across-the-board, top-line hard spending freeze in the federal budget. Pell grants will be unaffected, as will job creation measures before congress for fiscal 2010 because the freeze would take effect in October, the beginning of the government’s fiscal 2011. Poverty assistance and head start programs will not be adjusted for [...]
After 35 years in the public sector, Ray Boyd joined Booz Allen as its IT analyst in 2009. Boyd previously served as director of information technology investments and commercial policy at the Department of Defense. One of Boyd’s key accomplishments there entailed building Techipedia–a collaborative tool that uses wiki technologies and provides a central repository [...]
As the U.S. Army’s project director for tactical biometrics systems, Margaret Patton delivers biometric capabilities to soldiers in the field while managing costs, schedules and performance. Her responsibilities also include supervising the Biometric Automated Toolset and Biometric Identification System for Access for the Central Command. In addition, Patton is involved in a joint effort called [...]
Jaren Doherty serves as both chief information officer and associate deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity at the Department of Veterans Affairs. In his current position, Doherty led the certification and accreditation of 640 VA systems and tested more than 9,000 security controls at more than 200 locations. He also created a training program in which [...]
Frank P. DiGiammarino is vice president of strategic initiatives at the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). DiGiammarino’s duties include business development and the creation and execution of special initiatives at the organization. He also oversees NAPA’s government relations, outreach and communications efforts. Prior to joining NAPA in 2005, DiGiammarino worked many years as senior [...]