People

Progress on stovepipes?

The Bush administration is in danger of losing momentum on the toughest management program in government: cutting across stovepipes

Digital Government

The Pipeline

New network storage devices; enterprise architecture, free of 'Star Trek' puns; Can you hear me now?; Superpowered

Digital Government

Massachusetts updates procurement

The state government is adding more features to its Web-based purchasing system.

Digital Government

PC Blade worth cost of admission

Security, management features justify price

Digital Government

NOAA extends Raytheon contract

The extension adds three years to the company's original deal to provide high-performance computing for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab.

People

Share-in-savings comments sought

Authorities granted under E-Government Act expire in 2005

People

Park Service highlights Hispanic heritage

The National Park Service has launched a new Web site to honor the importance of Hispanic Heritage Parks throughout the country.

People

Keeping his eye on the hurricane

NOAA's Hernandez tries to move agency's Web site beyond mere forecasts

Digital Government

Arkansas launches insurance portal

Arkansas's Employee Benefits Division is building a Web-based system that will enable active and retired state and public school employees to view, enroll in and manage their health care plans and life insurance program online

Digital Government

State and Local Briefs

DHS: $150 million for first responders; USDA: $44 million for broadband

Acquisition

SmartBuy slow to materialize

What's happened to SmartBuy, lawmaker asks

Digital Government

Changing course

Change comes slowly in government, especially if it requires the bureaucratic culture to alter the way it has done business

People

Survey: Feds overwhelmed by OMB's management agenda

If your daily work leaves you no time to focus on OMB's management agenda, you're not alone

People

Secure records package gets DOD approval

Three vendors have teamed to deliver what they believe is one of the more comprehensive government-certified solutions for securely managing e-records

Digital Government

Contract world shrinks

GSA to streamline GWAC offerings

People

Measuring the impact of IT management reforms

Federal Computer Week surveyed by e-mail a random sample of 449 FCW subscribers to measure how much the Bush administration's information technology reforms have affected the way federal IT managers develop and manage projects and programs

People

EPA adds architecture clause to contracts

The Environmental Protection Agency has started requiring contractors to buy into the agency's enterprise architecture

Digital Government

Passe contracts

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People

Army brass tweak portal

AKO not user-friendly, officials say

Acquisition

New products to market

Unleashing industry on federal applications