Modernization

Davis treasures GSA telecom

The chairman of the House Government Reform Committee says all federal agencies should use GSA's telecom contracts.

People

Navy work goes to CACI

CACI International landed a $73 million contract to provide program management and technical services to the Naval Air Systems Command.

Modernization

FBI counterpunches IT criticism

Stung by criticism of its IT projects, the FBI today denied charges from the press and congressional investigators about the management of its Virtual Case File and Sentinel projects.

People

CIA official to run Sentinel

The FBI has picked a CIA official to run the Sentinel information technology modernization program.

People

Army reaches out to IT workers

Technology personnel should start thinking and operating as an enterprise organization, said Maj. Gen. Dennis Moran.

People

Bush seeks pay changes by 2010

OPM's director tells the House speaker that the White House wants a merit-based system for federal workers.

People

Drug safety reporting system might be national health IT project

HHS secretary Mike Leavitt said a prescription drug adverse-event reporting system could be one of the first projects that a federal advisory group might take on as part of an initiative to build a national health information exchange.

People

WiMax moves (slowly) toward implementation

Many customers may be waiting for assurances of multivendor interoperability before investing in the new wireless equipment.

Digital Government

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Digital Government

Pennsylvania CIO gets promoted

Art Stephens, Pennsylvania's chief information officer, was named Gov. Ed Rendel's new deputy chief of staff today.

Digital Government

Gartner: Relax about overhyped security threats

Don’t believe the hype about some of the computer security threats emphasized in industry and the media, two Gartner Research analysts said today.

People

Military stirs NetOps debate

The Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations will publish a key document next week to generate ideas on how to better operate and defend the Global Information Grid.

People

Bermuda buys first bill-tracking system

Bermuda government buys a $64,000 automated law tracking system for its own lawmakers.

People

Customs hopes for better buying

U.S. Customs and Border Protection today unveiled a plan to improve the way the agency buys goods and services.

Acquisition

GSA considers one schedule

GSA's Fox says the agency is looking at consolidating the 43 schedule contracts into a single schedule or a small number of schedule contracts.

People

A JTRS success?

Airborne and shipboard JTRS radios both passed a crucial system design review that keeps program on schedule and under budget.

People

Army adopts bulk buying

After watching the Air Force get great prices and better standardization on hardware using a commodity buying strategy, the Army will start a similar initiative.

People

SAIC's Piatt elected to IAC post

The Industry Advisory Council announced the results of its 2005 executive committee election for six positions with terms beginning July 1.

Digital Government

HHS sees incorporating health care standards into FIPS

HHS anticipates that NIST will incorporate health care standards developed under RFPs released today into Federal Information Processing Standards.

Modernization

Threats shift to databases

Protecting data stored on networks and PCs now presents the biggest concern rather than detecting unauthorized sniffing of packets, an expert says.