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.
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