People

Weather service gets new CIO

Paul Chan's first love is meteorology.

Digital Government

PlanetGov relaunches as Apptis

The company wants to build a new brand identity after acquiring two other firms to add new skills.

People

Lawsuit against Diebold unveiled

An activist against e-voting has unsealed portions of a suit she filed against Diebold Election Systems last year.

People

Final E-Authentication architecture approved

Architecture for a federated portal addresses authenticating end users to applications, the agency transaction or the credential service provider.

People

GSA hopes to Get It Right

The new program is intended to build better training and more accountability into procurement practices.

People

Bonuses benefit new hires

Some fear plan will hurt current feds

Digital Government

Comings and goings

None

People

Montana helps ID-less voters

The system is one of several new initiatives that Montana is putting in place under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Acquisition

Rule seeks to jump-start share-in-savings buys

Advocates of share-in-savings contracting are pleased.

Modernization

the Pipeline

Running down rogues; network simplification; rugged machines.

People

Education pushes grants online

A new regulation will make the Internet the Education Department's preferred means for receiving grant applications.

Digital Government

Intercepts

Harvey to Army; GPS and Coke; Map errors; Discount Microsoft prices

Digital Government

Circuit

Mystery strategy; Candidates online; DHS smoke detectors.

People

Lawmakers seek DOD modernization fix

Lawmakers are talking tough in what they see as the Defense Department's loitering effort to modernize its business systems.

People

Editorial: A call for dialogue

For E-Rulemaking to pay off, it must provide the opportunity for online discussion.

People

Technology aids search for MIAs

Navy investigators use Star Archives to store and cross-reference files

People

Col. Thomas Cole

Col. Thomas Cole directs the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical.

People

Teresa Sorrenti

Teresa Sorrenti is program manager for the Integrated Acquisition Environment at GSA.

Modernization

Sizing up UPS

Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) vary in capacity, providing backup power for individual PCs, enterprise data centers and everything in between.

People

Abacus wins Air Force deal

The company will get up to $70 million to run the 377th Air Base Wing's communications.