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
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