Modernization

FTS adjusts to changing landscape

Commissioner Sandra Bates says FTS is working on a next-generation strategy

Digital Government

Tools demystify Web site performance

New vendor wares increasingly blend two main types of system monitoring

People

Forest Service to study outsourcing IT jobs

Forest Service announced plans to conduct a study on whether it should outsource IT work conducted by 1,200 of its employees

Digital Government

Interior sites stay unplugged

About 6 percent of the department's systems remain disconnected from the Internet

People

DOD builds high-tech supply chain

Radio frequency identification technology has made possible what is known as 'just in time' logistics

People

OMB to cut fat in IT enterprise

By the start of fiscal 2004, OMB expects to have a list of information systems and staff that can be eliminated

Digital Government

Texas portal builder eyes expansion

BearingPoint plans to expand its e-gov services into the judicial and education sectors

People

Intercepts

DOD Suffers E-mail Headache; Security Freebies; Guidance Stalled Again; NOSC Heads East

Acquisition

Contracting conundrum

A Legal View: Defense agencies have less discretion than other agencies when it comes to outsourcing

People

Roster Change

Government IT personnel moves

Digital Government

Rethinking federal networks

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People

Super Bowl was not the only game in town

'Shadow Bowl' tests area agencies' ability to respond to disasters

People

Slow on the uptake

Two years after the Bush administration threw its weight behind the concept of e-government, Congress still doesn't get it

Digital Government

Funding issues delay STARS' launch

Financial constraints may force controllers to wait to use STARS

Digital Government

A year behind

Delayed fiscal 2003 budget is causing problems for the 2004 budget

People

Bush lays plan for info-sharing center

Facility will assess terrorist threats

People

GPS: Changing the landscape

The use of GPS technology on the battlefield could be one of the most important advances for the armed services

People

NMCI rollout begins at Quantico

First Marine base is making the transition to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet

People

Agencies hesitate to fund e-gov

Agencies are balking at contributing funds to the 25 Quicksilver projects, forcing many of the e-government efforts to fall behind schedule.

People

IRS’ Reece returning to private sector

John Reece, the IRS’ CIO and deputy commissioner for modernization, is leaving the government to resume his private consulting business.<br>