People

Proposed budget big on pandemic flu readiness

Request includes $188 million for CDC to improve public health disease surveillance.

Digital Government

SSA gets a small increase in Bush budget

Nearly a third of the agency's $1.03 billion IT budget will go toward updating its infrastructure to improve claims processing.

Digital Government

Buzz of the week: R&D

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Digital Government

IG Report: Energy overspending on software licenses

Agency field sites neglected to use existing enterprise license agreements and paid for software they didn't use, costing $4.1 million in unnecessary expenditures.

Digital Government

Energy's 2007 budget request boosts supercomputing

DOE is seeking an $82 million increase for the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program.

People

Redback awaits DOD test

Certification could lead the networking products vendor to expand its involvement in the federal market.

People

DOD sets military, procurement targets

Officials foresee a greater reliance on IT and major changes in how technology is acquired.

Modernization

PMA fuels improved financial management: OMB

Agencies have speeded up completion of financial statements, accomplished more clean audits and strengthened internal controls, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

Modernization

VMware offers free virtualization server

The company's products provide capabilities for server consolidation, business continuity and a variety of other applications.

Digital Government

Louisville team designs health exchange

A nonprofit group in Louisville, Ky., is seeking a contractor to build a first-of-its-kind system for exchanging health records.

People

OMB makes new case to win Hill support for e-gov

Officials explain spending plans for 24 projects

People

Texas town creates wireless potpourri

Roaming technology enables police and fire officials to seamlessly communicate using three wireless networks.

Digital Government

Lisagor: My crystal ball tells me...

Not to disappoint, I have more predictions this year. In 2006, a major tactical war theater decision will be made in an online Navy chat room.

People

E-gov scores improve

Eight agencies improved their management of e-government initiatives, according to the latest score card from the Office of Management and Budget.

Modernization

DOD raises the bar on info assurance

New manual on security training could be a model for the rest of government

People

HUD's e-case system offfers framework for other services

SOA application for mortgage lenders cuts processing time by 30 percent

Modernization

OFPP finalizes contracting officers' certification standards

After years of trying to get the civilian contracting workforce on the same level as at the Defense Department, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy earlier this week finalized the certification program for employees under General Schedule 1102.<@SM>

People

OMB to name grants service providers

Three agencies given go-ahead as others told to curtail spending on new or modernized systems<@SM>

Digital Government

R&D... the day after

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Digital Government

CMS is fixing drug benefit snafus

Planning for the Medicare drug benefit program required developing a new IT system in less than a year, administrator Mark McClellan said.