Digital Government
NASA, Xerox collaborate
They have a network that combines software from NASA's Ames Research and Xerox's research center.
People
DARPA sets next robot race
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency scheduled its second Grand Challenge race for October 2005.
People
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.
People
IRS seeks top talent
The tax agency hired an executive search firm to find experienced managers for those troubled modernization programs.
People
IT funding suffers for Army transformation
The service may take $600 million originally meant for infrastructure modernization and use it for unit transformation.
People
Feinstein opposes passport delay
The Democratic senator said visa-waiver countries shouldn't get extensions on biometric passports.
People
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.
People
Air Force saves $500K in hardware buy
Various Air Force commands bought 2,153 desktop and 1,323 laptop computers.
People
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.
People
Virtual DOD training wraps up
The Combined Joint Task Force Exercise will test the bounds of the Joint National Training Capability.
People
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