People
Clinical system generates performance reports
With little human intervention, Indian Health Service gets data on how well it's doing.
Digital Government
Energy IT budget virtually unchanged
The IT spending represents a less than 1 percent increase over fiscal 2006.
Digital Government
Defense leads CSC growth
The company has downgraded its fiscal 2006 revenue projections to account for changes in one unidentified contract.
People
A success for health info exchange
Health records successfully exchanged among Boston, Indianapolis and a California county in test of protoype national network.
People
Corps budget request includes military spending
Bush's proposal calls for $375 million for fiscal 2007, which includes military spending for the first time.
People
Accenture: Lose one, win another
Accenture won a $79.5 million contract, the Air Force announced today. Last month, the Marine Corps pulled the plug on a $41.3 million contract with the company.
People
State, OMB unveil new Web site designs
The State Department has given its home page a makeover to deliver a news feel, while the Office of Management and Budget has launched a new Web site that details the effectiveness of government programs.
Modernization
Commerce seeks $1.68B IT budget
The department would get $1.68 billion for IT expenditures, about $11 million more than it has budgeted for fiscal 2006.
People
Longtime share-in-savings proponent moves to HHS
Ken Buck, former director of share-in-savings contracting at the General Services Administration, has moved to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Modernization
FAA would reduce spending on telecom system
The agency's budget, however, seeks a 32.6 percent increase for a modernization program.
Modernization
Coalition creates council on tech convergence
The Council on Telecommunications-Technology Convergence will bring together companies that provide technologies involved in the convergence of IT and communications.
Digital Government
Bush seeks $134M boost in Justice IT spending
Bush proposes $134 million increase for the Justice Department to better manage, store, share and secure information.
Modernization
NSF requests $50M for IT
The National Science Foundation has budgeted $19.7 million for a major IT infrastructure and office automation upgrade in fiscal 2007.
Cybersecurity
Port officials want hands off grant program
Representatives of the nation’s public seaports oppose President Bush’s proposal to lump a dedicated grant program to improve port security into a larger funding pool.
People
DOD IT spending flat for 2007
President Bush's $30.5 billion budget request for DOD emphasizes global communications and business transformation.
People
USPTO budgets $70.2 million for IT
The Patent and Trademark Office's IT spending plan contains $12.1 million for business continuity during a disaster.
Acquisition
GSA skeds see first spending drop in a decade
Research firm logs a 2 percent drop, following five years of double-digit growth in IT sales through the contracts.
Digital Government