Modernization
Battelle issues modest R&D forecast
Federal government spending on research will increase by 1.8 percent, to $96.6 billion, according to the Battelle Memorial Institute's annual forecast.
Digital Government
Sun's run fails to impress
Analysts question the server, storage and software company's growth prospects.
People
Burnette named to FEMA post
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has named Tina Burnette to be the deputy director in charge of procurements related to hurricane relief efforts.
Digital Government
San Diego awards IT/telecom outsourcing contract
Northrop Grumman gets seven-year contract worth more than $650 million to manage county's information technology and telecommunications services.
Digital Government
CDW boosts revenue, profit
Reseller's public sector grows faster than overall company in most recent quarter.
Modernization
Federal XML group starts strategic markup language
The CIO Council’s XML Community of Practice has started building an extensible markup language-based schema that agencies could use to encode their strategic plans.<@SM>
People
Navy integrating SIGINT systems
Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems will develop a service-oriented architecture.
Digital Government
Networx award delayed until 2007
The massive Networx network services contract that the General Services Administration had planned to award this summer has been delayed until next year.
Cybersecurity
Identity card specs still in play
The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a policy guideline it issued in August 2005.
People
GSA launches improved FirstGov
The Web portal now connects Web searchers with more than 40 million government-related documents.
People
Web helps librarians find digitized documents
The Government Printing Office has launched an online registry that will serve as a locator tool for identifying federal document collections that are being digitized.
People
FirstGov.gov's new search engine launched
After nearly five years of defending FirstGov.gov’s search engine prowess against constant criticism, General Services Administration officials believe they have an engine that will quiet detractors.<@SM>
People
Scientists want tour bus passengers tracked for flu
Scientists in Las Vegas and Branson, Mo., asked the CDC to consider electronically tracking tour bus passengers for pandemic flu.
Cybersecurity
FCC to investigate phone record sales
The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau has launched an investigation into data brokering practices.
Digital Government
TSA's Registered Traveler needs help
Feds ask industry for advice to speed passengers through airport security
Cybersecurity
McNulty named to advisory board
NIST has chosen the director of government affairs for an international security certification consortium to fill a long-standing vacancy.
Modernization
Citrix product gets Common Criteria certification
Presentation Server 4 is a major component of Citrix's Access Suite products.
People
OMB updates core financial-system requirements
The Office of Management and Budget has updated core financial-system requirements that agencies must fulfill to meet federal guidelines to better manage their programs under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act.<@SM>
People