Modernization

Eye on the incumbents

Whither Hewlett-Packard? You don't have to champion a new protocol or data-handling method to rearrange the storage landscape.

People

Hiring makeover helps attract younger feds

Part 2 of a series on a recent federal hiring experiment using commercial software tools and practices to find and hire qualified applicants.

Modernization

Sandia, Verizon agree on a strategic relationship

Sandia National Laboratories has signed similar MOUs with seven other strategic partners, but Verizon is the largest.

Digital Government

BearingPoint roars with new contracts

Recent wins include a CDC contract that calls for the integrator to provide a range of management advisory services.

People

OPM fine-tunes USAJobs

Users offer their own ideas for improving the Web site

Digital Government

DHS outlines IT contracts

Programs for products, services fill gap left by SPIRIT cancellation.

Modernization

Further down the line

Networx moves into the future, bearing the hallmarks of the past (First of three articles in a Networx special report).

People

Intercepts

A record records management system; cell phone metric madness; Yikes! SecNavs digitized.

Modernization

Slifer opens telecom-centric consulting biz

Former MCI and Broadwing executive will help telecom companies pursuing federal business.

Digital Government

Fresh faces of storage

These young companies are poised to alter how government IT managers think about enterprise storage.

People

Navy gives IT office financial clout

Central group eventually could manage $6 billion in IT spending.

Modernization

New data center, warehouse to help CMS reduce improper payments

Physicians who bilk Medicare on medical claims may not be able to hide much longer among the system stovepipes of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Digital Government

Fed spending hurts Dell financials

Company attributes lower than expected earnings to decreased federal IT spending.

People

With the contract finally settled, OPM has Monster plans for USAJobs.gov

In the two years since the Office of Personnel Management revamped how the federal government posts job listings and accepts resumes online, USAJobs.gov has received more than 130 million unique visits and 1.5 million new resumes.

People

USDA takes E-Authentication to a new level

The Agriculture Department is one of a handful of agencies that don’t have to worry about meeting the administration’s goal of using e-authentication services for at least one of its applications.

Cybersecurity

Agencies must identify IT "skill gaps"

Aug. 30 is deadline for telling OMB how they plan to handle any information technology “skill gaps” in key areas.

Modernization

GSA to extend Networx bid period again

Deadlines for Networx Universal and Networx Enterprise now extended to early September.

Modernization

California puts IT services and acquisition under one roof

California established its new state technology services department last month with a mission: Send a clear signal to agencies and industry that the state is serious about consolidating IT services and functions and leveraging its buying power.

Digital Government

Canada sets up e-health innovation lab

The eHealth Collaboratory will support the development of interoperable EHR systems.