Modernization

Lenovo ThinkPads get jazzed up

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People

GSA seeks input on E-Gov Travel RFP

The agency is seeking data capture and business intelligence technology for the government's travel booking system.

Modernization

The Pipeline

Word up; Without a trace

Modernization

Storage on the quick

Step-by-step guide to buying the right entry-level network-attached storage system

Cybersecurity

USAID implements wireless intrusion-prevention system

AirTight Networks provides technology to keep out eavesdroppers

People

Few women in top tech roles

The gender gap is smallest among top advisers in governors’ officers.

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E-Rate Ripoffs

Arlene Ackerman, the San Francisco Independent School District’s superintendent, didn’t like the looks of a $50 million project proposal submitted for her approval shortly after her appointment in 2000. As she delved into the project application—made under a program known as E-Rate—Ackerman began a five-year journey into the sordid maze of a well-intentioned but disastrous effort to provide hard-pressed schools and libraries with access to broadband service.<@SM>

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Deals & Deadlines

The General Services Administration has issued requests for information for the Geospatial and IT Infrastructure Lines of Business and set industry days in Washington April 18 and 19.

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Fellows to study business transformation

The Defense Department program will offer midlevel officers and managers a yearlong experience in business transformation.

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UPDATED: GAO: Feds must standardize info-sharing policies

The 26 agencies it reviewed have 56 different sensitive-but-classified designations.

Digital Government

States denounce federal pre-emption

Since 1990, Congress has enacted more than 117 laws that supersede states’ powers

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IRS names new chief of staff

Kathy Petronchak will help IRS commissioner oversee operations and plan programs.

Modernization

Picture perfect

High-end displays now offer size and performance without sacrificing desk space or tight budgets

Modernization

IRS wants info on IT services

Responses are due May 1.

Digital Government

Web extra: GSA responds to queries

The agency talks about its challenges and how it is addressing them.

Digital Government

Flip Side

FCW.com’s most-read stories

Digital Government

Center unveils online XML toolkit

A New York applied research center released its first version of an online toolkit designed to help government agencies use XML for managing Web sites.

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GSA regions struggle to generate revenues

Internal figures show regions earning far less in IT Solutions business than planned so far this year

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USGS updates A-76 schedule

The U.S. Geological Survey has reissued a presolicitation notice regarding a controversial competition for jobs that could put 250 USGS employees out of work.