People
HHS to use GeoLearning courseware
The company will provide and host off-the-shelf courseware for basic business and technology skills.
People
Army splits WIN-T work
General Dynamics will develop the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical with help from Lockheed.
Digital Government
Gingrich-led group urges more spending for health IT
The feds should invest billions in interoperable health IT, says the Center for Health Transformation.
Modernization
Tools for data-driven management
James Taylor, the Commerce Department’s deputy chief financial officer, didn’t know his boss was unhappy until he read it in a magazine article. Then-deputy secretary Sam Bodman, a veteran executive of several large corporations, bemoaned the lack of financial tools at his government post.
Modernization
DOD to use NCES
Net-Centric Enterprise Services will allow analysts and warfighters to share information more quickly and easily.
Acquisition
DHS awards $30M consulting deal
The first work requires examining the processes and data flows of DHS to show how the department has made information available.
Acquisition
Experts see room for information sharing advances
Progress has been made on info sharing but many issues remain, experts tell a House subcommittee.
Acquisition
SRA to build genomic database
The company won a contract for a system that will collect and analyze data for biodefense studies.
Acquisition
Del. agency gets thin
Versalign supplied thin clients to Delaware's Department of Labor.
Modernization
IBM partitions eServers
Big Blue hopes its micro-partioning technology boosts server sales.
People
Agencies grow greens
OMB's latest score card shows progress in the President's Management Agenda.
People
Tax pros get more Web options
The IRS expanded its Web-based services for professional tax preparers to entice more of them to submit their returns online.
People
Lobbyists hire Tad Anderson
OMB's associate administrator for e-government and information technology will join Dutko Government Markets, a lobbying firm.
People
Quick hiring can happen now
Agencies should learn how to use flexible hiring rules already in place before seeking new ones, experts told lawmakers this week.
People
Agencies show marked improvement on OMB scorecard
In the midyear evaluation released today, OMB awarded agencies 19 new green scores, including three in the e-government category.
People
CTO of DISA to leave
Dawn Meyerriecks, chief technology officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency, will leave government at the end of July.
People
DFAS server sites merged
The Defense Information Systems Agency's Center for Computing Services consolidated DFAS from 10 sites to three.
People
Commerce names privacy officer
Daniel Caprio, Jr. is already deputy assistant secretary for technology policy.
Digital Government