Modernization

Open-source gets serious: A new window on Linux

The Linux OS challenges Microsoft and others for data centers and desktops

Digital Government

MCI gets new lease on life

Emerging from bankruptcy, firm upgrades network to boost services

People

Follow the money

The top five and bottom five states receiving homeland security dollars.

People

The buck stops where?

Awash in promises, local agencies await homeland funds

Digital Government

the Pipeline

Goin' mobile; Allies unite; Defywire mobilizes on the home front; A mainframe state of mind

Digital Government

Survival tips

Here's how to move from the commercial market to the government one.

Digital Government

MetaCarta maps a new path

Company executives had to spend several months transforming the firm from a commercially-focused entity to one targeting government users.

Modernization

GSA keeps options open for Networx contract

Agency is listening to options for FTS 2001 follow-on

Digital Government

Dot-Com Survivors

Tales of trials, change from small tech firms that found refuge in fed market

Digital Government

Feds aim to make biometrics useful

NIST is working with other agencies that will develop a test to evaluate commercial biometric fingerprint systems.

Digital Government

A crash course in security incident reporting

The federal picture of information security is sharply divided.

People

A salute to the general

Federal Computer Week asked colleagues of Ret. Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige Jr. for their recollections of him.

People

A peek inside

Cross-government collaboration doesn't stop with sharing business-case information.

People

Transforming supply chains

The public sector still resists moving toward world-class supply chains.

People

OMB group to focus on joint-use systems

OMB has created a task force to consider how agencies can collaborate on single solutions for specific cross-government areas.

People

Smith's public service is second nature

Inspiration for Al Smith, Lockheed Martin's IT chief, started with a parochial education

People

How to get ahead

How retiring senior noncoms can find civilian employment.

People

Lisagor: Tone-deaf communications

E-mail is a poor excuse for critical human interaction.

People

Competitive sourcing guide released

The Federal Acquisition Council and the Office of Management and Budget have published a list of best practices to help competitive sourcing efforts.

People

Accenture wins $200M NASA deal

The company will provide services for NASA's Integrated Financial Management Program.