Acquisition
Alliant RFP almost ready
Bidders will soon have the information they need to submit proposals on the Alliant contract, a new governmentwide acquisition contract.
People
Law enforcement needs resources to fight electronic crime
Officials are stumped by high-tech crimes and need to determine how widespread they are and find better ways to fight them.
People
VA names Wooten to head enterprise program management office
The Veterans Affairs Department today named David Wooten, a retired Navy aviator and senior program manager, to direct its new enterprise program management office.
People
Wooten named to head VA program management office
A retired Naval officer tapped to lead VA's new project management office.
People
White House issues civil service reform proposal
The Bush administration proposal would phase out the General Schedule system replacing it with occupation-based pay bands.
People
OPM contract expands number of e-learning vendors
Federal agencies will have more than 59 vendors in six specialized areas to choose from for their online learning services under a new contract awarded by the Office of Personnel Management.
Digital Government
Health IT bills merged
The sponsors of two major Senate bills to promote health information technology have joined forces, merging the two major bills.
People
Chinese military targeting DOD tech
A new DOD report states that China seeks “electromagnetic dominance” early in wars.
People
CMS assessing patient health record development for Medicare recipients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking industry comment to determine how involved the agency should be in the development of personal electronic health records for its target populations.
Digital Government
CDW-G launches health care unit
The new group will fall under CDW Government's management and will spend this year creating a marketing strategy.
Digital Government
Perot Systems to acquire Tennessee engineering company
Acquisition gives Perot expanded offerings for Energy, NASA and DOD.
People
Justice seeks faster fingerprint tech
Feds put muscle and money behind the development of better fingerprint and palm print technologies.
Cybersecurity
GAO to Census: Focus on management
Government Accountability Office auditors suggest how the Census Bureau can get in shape for the 2010 decennial census.
People
NGA reviewing public comments
Intelligence agency to decide this fall whether to remove air, sea data from its Web site.
People
Why does Congress hate e-gov?
It’s hot in Washington, so the White House must be fending off congressional attacks on e-government.
People