Digital Government

NASA, Xerox collaborate

They have a network that combines software from NASA's Ames Research and Xerox's research center.

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DARPA sets next robot race

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency scheduled its second Grand Challenge race for October 2005.

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Northrop Grumman snares Treasury E-Travel work

The Treasury Department, first of 24 federal agencies that will choose an E-Travel provider this year, selects Northrop Grumman Corp. system.

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IRS seeks top talent

The tax agency hired an executive search firm to find experienced managers for those troubled modernization programs.

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IT funding suffers for Army transformation

The service may take $600 million originally meant for infrastructure modernization and use it for unit transformation.

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Northrop wins Treasury travel deal

Task order is for $60 million over 10 years.

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Feinstein opposes passport delay

The Democratic senator said visa-waiver countries shouldn't get extensions on biometric passports.

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Appropriations Committee approves move to cancel US-VISIT award

The measure to prohibit federal contracts with Bermuda-based corporations now goes to the House Rules Committee.

Acquisition

GSA gauges service value

Feds have no way to measure the value of services even though they make up 60 percent of acquisitions.

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Air Force saves $500K in hardware buy

Various Air Force commands bought 2,153 desktop and 1,323 laptop computers.

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GAO points to airport security holes

Auditors say airports have significant holes in employee screening systems.

Digital Government

Rosen praises CAPPS II

But the law expert fears that other systems won't balance safety and privacy as well.

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Virtual DOD training wraps up

The Combined Joint Task Force Exercise will test the bounds of the Joint National Training Capability.

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Army readies next ITES

The Army will follow up the $1 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions program with another performance-based contracting initiative.

Modernization

AT&T urges intrusion prevention

Blocking worms and attacks beats patching, AT&T's chief security officer says.

Modernization

Major weaknesses still dog IRS modernization

While IRS and contractor CSC have made progress on business systems modernization, schedule delays and cost increases continue, according to an inspector general report.

Acquisition

Local agencies test contractor registry

One pilot test Achilles Information Ltd.'s Catalist system is specifically for information technology vendors.

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Keeping the courts tech-savvy

Mel Bryson struggles to bring e-gov to the judicial branch.

Modernization

the Pipeline

Finding security holes; routers.

Acquisition

Tech on the back burner

Congress focused on war, elections, not IT