People
Navy to navigate digitally by 2009
NGA and Northrop Grumman help to make navigation easier and more accurate.
People
Young Government Leaders now at 300 members
Megan Quinn started the group in 2003 with eight other federal employees who were recent college graduates.
People
Seattle switches to new planning, development system
The city's new system could serve as the blueprint for the way other departments in the government handle planning and project management.
People
DOD business systems still under fire
Weaknesses in DOD's enterprise architecture work need to be addressed, a new GAO report states.
Modernization
Unisys gets Defense RFID agreement
Two-year blanket purchase agreement allows DOD to place orders worth up to $5 million each, carries no ceiling and includes the Coast Guard.
Acquisition
Share-in-savings not tested, GAO says
More than two years after the E-Government Act authorized share-in-savings contracts, OMB has yet to issue guidance.
People
Welles: Be prepared
The recent bus and subway bombings in London raise the question of whether federal employees are prepared for terrorist attacks in major U.S. metropolitan areas.
People
Critics: Senate ignores some DHS priorities
Funding limited for critical cybersecurity, info-sharing needs
People
Feds more prepared for emergencies
The Office of Personnel Management reports significant improvements in business continuity planning.
Modernization
More than a view in a vista
Microsoft confuses the names of EHR and new Office software, but VA argues VistA came long before MS Office Vista.
Digital Government
Portable vault
Portable USB storage devices are practically a dime a dozen these days, so we perked up when we came across one that stands out in the crowd.
People
DHS is hit where it hires
A contract dispute between the Homeland Security Department and Monster, a company that provides Web-based job search capabilities, isn't over yet.
Cybersecurity
Instant message lockdown
Agencies grapple with control issues as users increasingly flock to IM
Digital Government