People

Inspector: DHS lacks info sharing standard

Homeland Security's inspector general says it could take seven years to meld 22 independent agencies into one seamless organization.

Modernization

Supreme Court: States can stop municipal telecom

The ruling could affect efforts by cities and municipalities around the country to give residents and businesses modern telephone, Internet and other telecom services.

Acquisition

EPA to buy Dell computers

Dell will recycle the old ones.

People

Old thoughts hinder agencies, Accenture CEO says

Old ways of thinking keep agencies from becoming more efficient, says Accenture's CEO.

Acquisition

HP gets $784 million Veterans deal

Hewlett-Packard will provide engineering support services and maintenance of the VistA Health Information Systems.

People

OMB wants more e-gov users

Agencies built e-gov initiatives, but people haven't come.

People

Does Defense need a high-level financial manager?

DOD may need an assistant secretary dedicated to day-to-day financial management, the U.S. comptroller general says.

People

CopLink developer certifies vendors

Process entails formal exchange of sharing schemas and underlying architectures for tighter integration with the CopLink data tool used by law enforcement agencies.

People

Post office backs off e-commerce

But the organization needs to be able to expand beyond its traditional business, the postmaster general says.

People

Eight IT projects get kudos for excellence

Two Quicksilver initiatives were among six federal and two state and local IT projects to receive Showcase of Excellence awards today at FOSE 2004 in Washington.<@SM>

People

Feds go looking for e-customers

The new theme for federal e-government is: location, location, location. The Bush administration launches campaign to market its online services.<@SM>

People

E-government advances ‘only a first step’

Despite advances, disconnects remain between federal agencies and users, e-government leaders and watchers said today.<br>

Digital Government

Sun makes government pitch

But the company is finding Microsoft's hold hard to break, Sun CEO Scott McNealy says.

Digital Government

FBI reworks Trilogy contracts

This time they will have penalties for missing deadlines, officials say.

People

USAJobs.com: 45 million served

The federal jobs site launched last August has welcomed 45 million visitors, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

People

NIST honored for library tech

A Library of Congress committee will give awards to federal libraries and librarians for outstanding work and technological innovations in 2003.

Modernization

Apple introduces new server

Also, company officials announced that CDW Government will begin selling Apple products through the Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III contract.

People

SCO threatens to sue Energy labs

As part of its campaign against free use of Linux, the company wants the department to pay licensing fees for the operating system.

People

Lieberman blasts Bush cybersecurity plan

The Democratic senator's latest criticism of DHS focuses on the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

People

ERIC gets $34.6 million upgrade

CSC won the Education Resources Information Center contract to build a single database and create a new search engine with access to full articles.