Acquisition
Learning from the past
The skills developed and the lessons learned in 2003 are as valuable now as they were then.
Modernization
Listening to the arctic skies
NASA, NOAA use Norwegian facility to gather weather and climate data from satellites
People
Making systems work
It's going to take a solid program management infrastructure that spans agencies and creates knowledge-sharing systems.
Digital Government
Succession planning
The federal workforce is aging, but empty cubicles are not the problem.
Modernization
Office 2003 pushes integration forward
Web-based collaboration, XML support highlight latest release
Modernization
The kitchen sink approach
Can all-in-one content management suites reduce costs and integration hassles?
Modernization
Unique funding saves costs
After the first five years, NASA and NOAA will have almost free use of a fiber-optic cable to a remote polar station for 15 years.
Digital Government
NASA tests smart card tech
Space agency could issue more than 100K One NASA cards
Modernization
SharePoint brings collaboration to Office
The new collaborative capabilities of Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2003 depend upon Windows SharePoint Services.
People
E-Gov fund shortchanged again
The $820 billion Omnibus Appropriations Bill that the Senate passed last night allocated only $3 million for the E-Government fund—$2 million less than last year and $42 million less than the president’s request.<@SM>
People
Navy e-business unit targets back-office projects
The Navy’s eBusiness Operations Office works like many military units; it finds a target and looks for the simplest, most efficient way of hitting it.<@SM>But in the case of the e-business office, the targets are ways to improve the service’s back-office operations, and its ammunition is the funding to support them.
People
US-VISIT faces land hurdles
Installing the visitor tracking system at land crossings could be even harder than doing it at airports.
Modernization
NIST releases telnet, IT security drafts
Simple safeguards can help, the institute says.
Modernization
Spirit speaks to NASA
After two days of near silence, the Mars rover has successfully sent data to NASA engineers.
Acquisition
FTS to handle SmartBuy
The General Services Administration has handed operational control of SmartBuy to the Federal Technology Service.
People
Info sharing, analysis boosts security
At least according to a Transportation Security Administration official.
People
Bush picks Young for DOD acquisition
John Young is the nominee for deputy acquisition director for the Defense Department.
People