Digital Government

Tom Davis joins Agilex Technologies board

Former Rep. Tom Davis has joined the board of directors of Agilex Technologies Inc., taking the seat previously held by the late Jack Kemp, who passed away earlier this year.

Digital Government

Better data could mean better care

Electronic health record technologies could facilitate the creation of aggregated reports on health care quality, creating opportunities to improve — but at some risk.

Digital Government

Training year

The education of a technology editor can take many forms. One of them is meeting the right people, as I’ve been fortunate enough to do during the past year — my first as both editor and employee of this storied news organization.

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VA mulling fate of e-learning project, one of 45 it suspended

Former staffers working on the Learning Management System say it should be killed, but program continues providing training while officials allow no new development.

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NASA launches $4.5B information technology consolidation project

First of five contracts in its $4.5 billion Infrastructure Integration Program is for Web services, including site creation and management, as well as collaborative tools.

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How to Bury $187 million

I start many work days by trolling through upcoming procurements and contract awards on FedBizOpps.gov, a task somewhat akin to looking for needles in a haystack. Today I found some real interesting needles

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Outlook Grim for IT Salaries

The sluggish economy has hit nearly every industry, and wages are down, including in information technology. eWeek <a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/16-IT-Job-Titles-That-Saw-Salary-Slashes-in-2009-651239/">highlights</a> a recent <a href="http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/FreeResources?rfmCandidate_5.dmreq=true&rfmCandidate_5.Z=0&rfmCandidate_5.B=1226&rfmCandidate_5.A=RHTsg10CO">study</a> by Robert Half Technology that outlines 70 IT job fields and compares 2009 to the coming year. National starting salaries for IT jobs are forecast to decrease by an average of 1.3 percent in 2010, Robert Half found. The list may prove useful to federal IT workers interested in keeping up with the most in-demand, highly-paid skills, or comparing their federal salary with those in the private sector.

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VA plans wide-ranging IT services contract

The Veterans Affairs Department plans to compete an extensive, multiple-award information technology services contract that would meet the department's software, hardware and engineering needs.

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NASA awards $355 million IT contract for Marshall Space Flight Center

Dynetics Inc. will provide a range of services that include security, telecommunications, applications, computers and audio visual systems.

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Ability to access comments gathered by White House questioned

Much of the citizen input the transition team collected in online sessions to help form policy is no longer available, and critics fear the practice could be applied to other sites.