People

GSA ends IT tracking program

Internal and external reviews found that GSA Preferred does not meet the General Services Administration's needs.

People

Fed job notices earn poor marks

Agencies still don’t have it right when it comes to creating effective job vacancy announcements, according to a new study.

People

IBM nabs Justice, Defense deals

Big Blue wins contract from Justice Department potentially worth $150 million and another from the Defense Department potentially worth more than $270 million.

Digital Government

Red alert for my neighborhood this weekend

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Digital Government

Happy MLK Day

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Digital Government

Mercury races into SOA market through acquisition

Mercury Interactive has signed an agreement to acquire Systinet, a provider of software for the governance and management of service-oriented architecture.

People

Analyst: 2006 budget constraints could affect IT

Government officials and vendors will be held accountable for returns on investments, the analyst predicts.

People

Calif. county taps Accela for e-gov work

Residents and government employees of Sacramento County, Calif., are going to be able to do much more than they could before through the county’s Web site after Accela Inc. implements several new enterprise E-Government solutions.<@SM>

People

Library to store records, movies in Cold War vault

The Library of Congress will transport thousands of vinyl records to an underground vault for digitization and preservation.

People

Coalition urges rejection of RFID in driver's licenses

Reasons for rejection include a lack of standards and adequate safeguards and the potential for data theft, nearly two dozen organizations say.

People

New York names new CIO

Michael Mittleman, deputy chief information officer since 2002, was promoted to the top post.

People

GSA takes down eOffer after finding security flaw

Contractors could take over accounts of other companies listed in e-commerce system.

Modernization

EMC acquires federal presence in Internosis

EMC buys Internosis, which provides IT strategy, application development and other support for Microsoft environments.

People

Army terminates spy plane/network contract

But the service still wants to build the Aerial Common Sensor.

Acquisition

GSA IG reportedly probes companies

The agency has sent subpoenas to approximately 30 companies for records related to their GSA schedule activities, industry sources say.

People

Archivist promotes former NARA CIO to new position

NARA's CIO, Reynolds Cahoon, is now the senior adviser on electronic records.

Modernization

Army releases satcom RFP

The proposals for the $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems contract are due March 13.

People

U.K. to build high-speed education and research network

MCI has been awarded a $51 million contract to build a new fiber backbone network that will link all of the United Kingdom's higher education facilities.

Digital Government

Miami-Dade builds disaster recovery apps

The Florida county developed several applications last year that will be used in future disasters.