Digital Government

Saving sea turtles

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People

Senators say SBA staffing proposals fall far short

The agency plans to add nine procurement center representatives to its staff this year and next, but Congress is calling for 100 more.

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Army tries to restore GFEBS funding

Officials are asking Congress for permission to use money from other areas to replace funding cut from the program’s fiscal 2007 budget.

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New group to coordinate homeland security intelligence

The group's analysts will not generate alerts or warnings, but will provide strategic assessments of threats and disseminate them through established routes.

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Court rebuffs GSA motion on FedBizOpps protest

A judge with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims tells the government to proceed with fixing problems with the contract to revamp the federal procurement site.

Modernization

Survey: Reliability more important than transportability to feds

Despite the government’s attempts to encourage teleworking, a recent survey of 388 federal IT managers revealed a greater need for network reliability than for transportability.

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Labor awards software subcontracts to ATS

The Labor Department has awarded ATS Corp. subcontracts totaling $12.1 million for software development on several department projects.

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Navy Department kicks off planning for NMCI follow-on

The Marines also seek contractor support to help it develop Next Generation Enterprise Network requirements.

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SmartBuy seeks info on e-records management system

The system must produce queries and reports on the data, index content and archive records, while destroying it when necessary, a FedBizOpps notice states.

People

GPO to look at new composition system technologies

GPO will need technologies that modernize data input, content, formatting and user interfaces, and integrate with its Future Digital System.

Modernization

Walter Reed tenants to get Internet access

An upgrade of the IT infrastructure at the Army medical facility follows an exposé of conditions there.

Digital Government

Encore incumbents protest

Four large businesses have protested the Defense Information Systems Agency’s 10-year, $12.2 billion Encore II contract, which DISA awarded last month.

Digital Government

Winter weather poses travel problems

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Easter adds to Navair portfolio

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Survey results set off culture alarm at Homeland Security Department

Employees aren’t happy, but no one agrees about why they’re dissatisfied or about what DHS could do to improve their morale.

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Circuit

Piatt scores a new gig; IAC’s leadership changes; Excellence.gov winners.

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Sorenson nominated to be Army's next CIO

If the Senate confirms him, he will replace Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle, who will leave the position later this year.

Digital Government

Madsen: The SARA panel’s mission focus

The group’s charter was to help government buy services like the private sector.

People

DOD issues new policy on electronic warfare

Policy could be the first of many for dealing with cyberthreats from Chinese hackers.

People

Homeland Security Special Report: The cargo challenge

Government executives face major challenges as they try to mitigate homeland security threats.