Digital Government
Also in the News: DOD, VA to move records systems to SOA
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments will migrate their electronic health record systems to a service-oriented architecture to enhance the interoperability of clinical data, Government Health IT reports.
People
Letter: Fun with math
A reader does some math for the $1.2 billion TSA awarded Lockheed Martin for a human resources support contract.
Digital Government
Also in the News: Agencies overstate savings from competitive sourcing
The Government Accountability Office says agencies are overstating the savings they get when they allow contractors to compete for federal jobs, according to Federal Times.
Acquisition
Letter: Who will oversee HUBZone requirements?
A reader writes to ask who will oversee HUBZone requirements when Lockheed Martin can qualify as a small business.
Digital Government
Navy releases plan to integrate maritime systems
Strategy calls for sharing a range of data on what happens in and on the oceans to connect relationships between security, climate, transportation and economics.
Digital Government
Obama's choice of a budget chief garners praise
The veteran analyst will know where to find and how to eliminate programs that don't work, president-elect says.
Digital Government
USDA reopens Networx competition in response to protest
Two losing vendors spur agency to reopen bids.
Cybersecurity
IT to get more attention in approval process for political appointees
GAO suggests nearly ninefold increase in technology questions for Obama nominees during confirmation hearings.
Acquisition
TSA scolded by Obama for $1.2B Lockheed award
The agency should have allowed agency employees to compete for the work, President-elect Barack Obama wrote in a letter to a federal employees' union. He also pledged to work for collective bargaining rights for TSA employees.
People
Transition Watch: Daschle likely to push for health IT
Obama's pick for HHS secretary is an advocate of expanding health information technology as one part of a comprehensive health reform program, Government Health IT reports.
Digital Government
DOD launches Web-based system to help with moves
The new system gives service members more direct control of moves to new posts, the Defense Department says.
Acquisition
SBA slow to remove firms from set-aside program
Ineligible small businesses often stay in the 8(a) program because of a lengthy removal process.
People
Letter: Don't blame contractors for data leaks
A reader writes to say employees of the Defense Department and the federal government share blame for data leaks.
People
Staffer: FISMA bill will pass in the next Congress
The Senate will approve an updated Federal Information Security Management Act previously moved along by a committee, a Senate staffer predicted.
Acquisition