People

Air Force wins cyber exercise

The Air Force Academy recently beat out the four other military service academies in the Cyber Defense Exercise

Acquisition

Cooperative buying rule resolves main obstacles

State and local governments will be able to add items and conditions to GSA schedule contracts

Digital Government

ActiveState fights spam

Officials from a small company are hoping the new release of their product will add to their federal presence

People

Health reasons

Bureaucratus column: A federal employee filed for disability retirement, thinking it would pay more

People

Serving the public

Commentary: Students believe the government is likely to make available the least desirable e-government services

People

NASA rethinks Web site approach

Agency is consolidating content from thousands of its Web sites into its main site

Digital Government

Former Navy official joins Booz

Long-time Navy IT exec Ron Turner will join Booz Allen Hamilton.

Digital Government

Pay raises and performance

FCW.com's Ask Milt column responds to questions about pay raises and pay-for-performance

People

Stratcom adding value to info ops

Strategic Command leader sees IO as 'integrated operations' rather than information operations

People

Homeland challenges defense industry

Contractors outline challenges posed by new Homeland Security Department as a customer

Digital Government

PITAC nominees strong in cybersecurity

Bush nominates 25 new members to the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee

People

E-Gov 2003 to honor innovative agencies

50 agencies will be honored for innovative e-government initiatives at conference

People

DOD pay reform progresses

House committee approves legislation that would revamp DOD's civilian personnel system

Digital Government

Open source on hold in Oregon

Industry opponents voiced major concerns over legislation's effect on software development

People

FirstGov wins $100,000 innovations award

After relaunching the FirstGov Web portal earlier this week, GSA yesterday won a $100,000 grant from the Institute for Government Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. <br>

Modernization

AT&T names new government head

Louis Addeo is the new president of AT&T Government Solutions

People

HHS readies health architecture

HHS is working on a plan that would include every federal department dealing with health care issues

Modernization

Sprint adds security to FTS 2001

New managed security services expand the options for agencies trying to keep data safe

Acquisition

SARA moves to full House

The House Government Reform Committee approved sweeping services acquisition reform

People

DHS scolded over watch lists

Congress criticizes DHS officials for not yet consolidating terrorist watch lists