People
New software tools help manage servers, networks
Tools automate system replication across networks
People
Bush taps policy adviser for OMB post
President Bush last week named Josh Bolten as his nominee for director of OMB
Acquisition
Focus on cooperation
Editorial: The true challenge facing the Bush administration and career IT managers will be working together
Acquisition
No guarantees
Commentary: Even under requirements contracts, courts will not let vendors recover lost profits
People
Unions, feds protest privatization
A vocal group of federal employees and union officials protesed the Bush administration's plans to turn federal work over to private companies
People
GAO report: IRS to fall short of e-filing goal
IRS will not meet its 2007 deadline to have 80 percent of all taxpayers filing online, according to a GAO report
Acquisition
Performance-based contracting ascends
The buzz around performance-based contracting continues to grow, aided most recently by a boost from the Services Acquisition Reform Act
Digital Government
Building for mobility
Handheld app developers aim for harmony with the enterprise
Digital Government
Technology briefs
Tenix begins security tests; AirDefense inks deal with DigitalNet
Acquisition
Lawmakers curtail DOD bundling
The Defense Department could be forced to rethink its strategy of combining related, smaller contracts into a single large one
People
HHS center put to test by terrorist exercise
HHS monitored and responded to fictitious terrorist attacks earlier this month in Chicago and Seattle
People
DOD faces aging workforce
Like their colleagues in the rest of the government, civilian employees in the Pentagon are getting grayer
Digital Government
CryptoCard lightens security burden
Product review: CryptoCard Corp.'s Secure Password Technology offers a low-cost and easy way to lighten the security burden on administrators and end users
Digital Government