Digital Government
FAA awards help-desk contract
The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen Optimus Corp. to provide a local-area network and help-desk support.
Digital Government
D'Amato joins IT firm
Daniel D'Amato has joined AlphaInsight Corp. as vice president of its security solutions division.
People
Air Force awards another Cheyenne contract
The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $287 million contract to continue updating computer systems inside Cheyenne Mountain.
People
CIO vice chair dives into role
Daniel Matthews, vice chairman of the CIO Council, is focused on finishing e-government initiatives and looking at governmentwide architecture issues.
People
Senators call for Thomas site upgrade
Six senators are calling on the Library of Congress to upgrade what it calls the "bare-bones" and inadequate Thomas portal to legislative information.
People
SBA simplifies small-business registration, launches verification database
The Small Business Administration is giving small businesses a single point of registration and taking over the process of declaring whether a business qualifies for its programs.
People
FDIC is looking for a few good data sanitizers
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is requesting information on commercial software that will sanitize data from existing sensitive databases or generate test data for application development and testing.
Digital Government
Web cams installed for D.C. traffic
TrafficLand's Web site has 52 roadside camera feeds.
People
Army plans spring deployment of ABCS
It's not the alphabet -- it's the Army Battle Command System, with a 'good enough' version coming in May, the service says.
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DOD awards intelligence vendors
The Defense Intelligence Agency chose seven companies to provide IT products and services for itself and other organizations.
Digital Government
Energy partnership improves efficiency
An Energy Department program to improve companies' energy efficiency includes a Honeywell/Ember project to develop wireless networking applications.
Acquisition
Cooperative purchasing interests industry
Most technology vendors look forward to using a new provision that lets state and local governments buy from GSA schedule contracts.
People
Interior provides online flight celebration
An Interior Web site provides information about activities nationwide.
People
Senators urge THOMAS upgrade
The legislators want several features of Congress' Legislative Information System included on the public Web portal.
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OPM’s Fitzgerald will leave government next month
The Office of Personnel Management’s E-Training project manager, Mike Fitzgerald, is heading to an industry job.
People
IRS drops 'acting' from Powell's CFO title
Eileen Powell has been formally appointed the tax agency's chief financial officer.
Digital Government
Courts office leaps onto Linux
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts hired PEC Solutions to convert the company's Solaris machines to Linux systems.
Modernization
EDS wins $300 million outsourcing pact
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bid out a contract to manage 8,500 seats in almost 260 locations.
Modernization
Report urges network redundancy
The Progress and Freedom Foundation says the federal government should push for greater redundancy in communications systems.
People