Acquisition
Forest Service to track performance
Bids from management consultants to help the Forest Service set up a performance accountability information system were due this week.
Modernization
Enough coddling—OMB demands results from IT
After three years of holding agencies’ hands, waiting for their infrastructures to settle into place and putting up with systems chiefs’ anxieties, Bush administration officials think it’s time that federal IT deliver on the promised results. “We can get to where we want to be. It is just a question of making sure there is plenty of rigor and discipline to make sure agencies understand what their goals are,” OMB’s <b>Clay Johnson</b> says.
People
Evans, London receive FCW Eagle Awards
OMB's Evans and CACI's London were given the coveted awards at the Fed 100 banquet
Digital Government
Security groups call for crisis coordination center
The task forces organized by the National Cyber Security Partnership also recommended a public awareness campaign and an early warning contact network.
People
Army follows cadets into ITES
The U.S. Military Academy will be the first Army installation to use the service's new performance-based procurement program.
People
Army seeks quotes for financial system
The service plans to issue a request for quotations to choose and install off-the-shelf financial management software.
Acquisition
Coast Guard awards $48M deal
Anteon will provide IT services for the Coast Guard's Telecommunications and Information Systems Command.
People
Subcommittee chair presses DHS on state, local protection standards
The agency must have standards for state and local preparation levels or say goodbye to fiscal 2005 funding for grants, says the head of a House subcommittee.
People
US-VISIT needs more staff, GAO says
Weak program management could put DHS' massive immigrant-tracking system at risk, congressional auditors say.
People
L.A. immigrants get Internet schedules
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services expanded its Internet-based appointment system to Los Angeles.
People
GAO urges separate plan for UAVs
But DOD officials say unmanned aerial vehicles are just one of many programs that fit into a larger scheme.
Digital Government
ITAA creates wireless task force
Its job will be to keep organizations up to date on the capabilities of wireless data and voice technologies.
People
NMCI limits e-mail attachments
The Navy Marine Corps Intranet will limit attachments to 10M in size, starting April 1.
People
Norton raises CAPPS II liability fears
At a House subcommittee hearing, the Washington, D.C., delegate wonders who is liable if a CAPPS II screening keeps someone from a business meeting.
People
Blue Force wins award
The Army's Blue Force Tracking last night took top computer honors for 2003 at the Federal 100 awards dinner.
People
Deal for Air Force base to use Army's ITES
Transcom and Air Force Air Mobility Command will use NCI Information Systems for software maintenance support under the ITES Functional Area 2 contract.
People
Survey says: Privacy needs outreach
A survey from the Industry Advisory Councils finds that training and communication are cornerstones of successful privacy programs.
People
O'Neill named Northrop IT president
James O'Neill has been running one of the IT sector's business units, focused on the intelligence, space and enterprise security markets.
Digital Government
Congress scrutinizes VA finance system
Rep. Steve Buyer said he has requested that the inspector general investigate the agency's overhaul of its financial management system.
Digital Government