People

Army tests portal additions

Users of Army Knowledge Online can try new information technology capabilities.

Acquisition

EDS wins HITS – again

Lockheed officials say they are 'astounded' at losing the massive Housing and Urban Development contract.

People

Forest Service workers win sourcing work

USDA officials plan to award a five-year, $295 million competitive sourcing contract to the Forest Service's information technology services group.

People

IRS cuts 218 tech jobs

Only 60 employees will be left in the agency's Modernization and Information Technology Services mainframe printing operation.

People

EDS moves legacy apps online

As part of the NMCI contract, EDS will now offer Navy commands the option to move legacy applications to a Web-hosting service.

People

IG: DHS CIO needs more pull

DHS' chief information officer needs more authority over all of the department's information technology functions, according to an inspector general report.

People

Border guards eye surveillance

The U.S. Border Patrol plans to expand and integrate technology surveillance systems during the next several years.

People

California commission calls for consolidating IT

The group appointed by the governor recommended pulling all of the state's technology operations into a single entity.

Modernization

Team players

Few kinds of software are as slippery to categorize as those that use computer networks to bring people together.

Modernization

GSA renews Sprint relay contract

Sprint will continue to provide relay services for deaf or hearing-impaired federal employees.

Modernization

Groove improves its virtual space

Groove Workspace, a peer-to-peer collaboration tool from Groove Networks Inc., has become something of a darling of the federal government, thanks largely to its extra-tight security.

Cybersecurity

Unisys wins HHS e-mail deal

The contract is worth up to $31 million.

People

DHS tech execs to work on 9-11 suggestions

Information technology officials at the Homeland Security Department plan to examine how they can advance at least four of the commission's recommendations.

People

Air Force issues enterprise IT strategy

A report identifies nine areas in which technology can help the service.

People

Park Service works with states

The National Park Service is developing a point-of-sale system that will allow citizens to pay online for entry passes to national parks and forests.

Digital Government

Input sees more telecom dollars

Agencies will spend $21 billion on telecommunications products and services in fiscal 2009, according to the research firm.

People

Lockheed to build spy plane network

The company will get $879 million to develop and test the Aerial Common Sensor.

People

Oversight Board: IRS modernization still troubled

Problems are 'too severe for half-measures,' according to the IRS Oversight Board's 2004 annual report.

Digital Government

Lockheed, Harris battle for ERA supremacy

The two companies will compete to design a blueprint for the Electronic Records Archives program.

Modernization

NARA chooses Harris, Lockheed for e-records system

National Archives and Records Administration picks contractor teams to design and test the Electronic Records Archive system.<@SM>