Digital Government

SRA to provide IT services for Air Force recon operations

The integrator will partner with a not-for-profit institute to support the system that processes intelligence and surveillance data, along with supporting other air, space and ground systems.

People

NARA selects Lockheed for its e-records program

Lockheed beat out Harris for the $308 million contract to create an electronic records archive.

People

Katrina knocked out real-time weather

The Internet weather service WeatherBug reported that 50 percent of its weather instrument stations were not functioning.

Modernization

SI nabs IPv6 transition task

The integrator will support DOD's move to the new Internet technology.

People

At long last, it's Lockheed for electronic archives

The National Archives and Records Administration chose Lockheed Martin Corp. to build the $308 million Electronic Records Archive system.<@SM>

People

Health IT standards body in the offing

Health and Human Services secretary Michael Leavitt this week will name the members of a public/private organization that will set standards for health care data exchange.

Digital Government

A FEMA focus

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Digital Government

FEMA can't spell disaster without IE

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People

New help for consumers to pick best hospital

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adds three new quality measures to the 17 already available for consumers to compare hospital performance.

People

Holcomb: Katrina could shift DHS priorities

The disorganized and delayed federal response to Hurricane Katrina will likely alter the Homeland Security Department’s priorities, DHS’ chief technology officer said.

Digital Government

Northrop Grumman pursuing ITES-2S

The company is leading seven firms for the Army enterprise services contract.

Modernization

Networx award dates pushed back

The Networx telecommunications contract will be awarded later than originally planned, said General Services Administration Administrator Stephen Perry.

People

Makeshift control towers guide rescue planes

The FAA used its ingenuity to create control towers that allowed thousands of planes to land in hurricane-devastated areas.

People

SBA centralized crisis center to manage Katrina claims

Small Business Administration inspectors are waiting for instructions from a new, centralized disaster management center to assess damage and process thousands of loan applications from small businesses along the Gulf Coast.

People

DHS delays new pay system

Union officials say Homeland Security Department told employees that the new pay system will be delayed for at least a year.

People

OPM offers Katrina help

People will be available to answer benefits questions on the Office of Personnel Management hot line seven days a week between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. CST.

People

GAO: ICE IT program at risk

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement's modernization program is at risk because the bureau has done little planning or management.

Digital Government

More on Guerra's comment piece

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Digital Government

Buzz for the last week of August: Katrina

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People

Education Department has big plans in 2006

At least four requests for proposals for IT systems are in the works, and a new system to give agency analysts more information about how school systems spend federal money is scheduled to come online.