People

DOD sorting out defense industry

Vendors are sought to help analyze impact of corporate mergers and acquisitions in the defense industry

People

Feds strike common chord with geospatial portal

The Interior Department unveiled the first version of the Geospatial One-Stop portal

People

Online voting experiment expanding

DOD has chosen Accenture's new eDemocracy business unit to expand trial Internet voting

People

New OMB official defends A-76

Deputy director of management, Clay Johnson, explains new competitive sourcing rules

People

Sandy Gibbs joining SBA e-gov staff

The Small Business Administration continues to add staff to its e-government office.<br>

People

Patent applications going electronic

USPTO announced that all newly filed patent applications will be processed electronically

People

Union sues to stop A-76

AFGE has filed a lawsuit seeking to block implementation of competitive sourcing rules

Digital Government

Oracle extends PeopleSoft bid

Oracle has once more extended the deadline for its offer to PeopleSoft shareholders

People

Online TSP system still balky

Federal employees and retirees still can't access parts of the Thrift Savings Plan online system

Digital Government

VA freezes A-76 studies at VHA

VA has imposed a moratorium on competitive sourcing studies that would have affected thousands of employees at VHA

Digital Government

Arkansas brings portal closer to home

Redesigned AccessArkansas features neighborhood-specific information and push technology

People

Galvan named SBA's CIO

Stephen Galvan is the former e-government portfolio manager for OMB

Digital Government

Letters to the editor

Of TSP, mortgage rates and lawsuit

People

OMB refocuses Business Compliance One-Stop project

The SBA Business Compliance One-Stop project is being refocused to reduce the paperwork burden on small businesses through development of an e-forms application.<br><@SM>

Digital Government

State taps DynCorp for relief

Contract calls for logistics, humanitarian and peacekeeping support in Africa

People

Citizens flood online site to avoid calls

People anxious to block telemarketing calls have logged on by the millions to the government’s do-not-call Web site since it went live Friday.<br>

Digital Government

Sheriff reinforces mobile command

Florida county's mobile command center adds satellite hookup to Sheriff's Office network

Digital Government

Letters to the editor

Turning to MCI's troubles

People

State awards visa processing contract

SI International will handle the systems supporting immigrant visa processing and more

People

GSA gets help with assistive tech

Disabled GSA employees will be receiving assistive technology and services paid for by the Defense Department