Digital Government
Making the right financial move
Getting ready to move or thinking about it? If you're going to move, it will have financial consequences. Here's a checklist to help you manage the financial impact.
Acquisition
IRS renews Unisys pact
Unisys Corp. has received a $100 million contract renewal from the Internal Revenue Service to streamline IT services under TIPSS2
People
Supercomputer details ocean for DOD
DOD's most powerful supercomputer will be used to assemble detailed models of ocean waves, currents and temperatures to improve safety for maritime operations
Digital Government
NSF ups scale of supercomputing
The National Science Foundation added the most powerful supercomputing system yet to its offerings for science and engineering researchers nationwide
People
Federal Supply Service chief retiring
Frank Pugliese, FSS commissioner, announced his retirement to the private sector after 28 years with GSA
Digital Government
Bush, Gore forge tech alliances
Each campaign relies on Internet insiders for advice on Web site design, privacy online, Internet sales taxes and bridging the digital divide
People
NC names CIO to replace Webb
Ronald Hawley said he plans to continue Webb's work with electronic government when he starts Sept. 1
Digital Government
Report: Income, not ethnicity, determines access
Forrester finds that it's the amount of money you have rather than your race that determines the likelihood of access to technology
Digital Government
Avoiding 'digital Exxon Valdez'
The new Information Sharing for Critical Infrastructure Protection Task Force will try to facilitate information sharing between the private sector and the government
Acquisition
Census contract keeps numbers crunching
The U.S. Census Bureau has renewed a multimilliondollar contract with SAS Institute Inc. for software and services
Digital Government
Move over infomercials
Chicago suburb takes to the airwaves in hopes of preserving its sales tax base by turning residents off to e-commerce
Digital Government
Smart road comment period widened
The deadline for public comment on DOT's vision to integrate Intelligent Transportation System technologies has been extended until Sept. 23
Digital Government
NOAA buoyed by undersea info
Researchers can get nearrealtime data on underwater volcanoes, thanks to a modem on a buoy stationed a mile above the sea floor
Digital Government
Telecom experts gear up for new administration
A presidential advisory committee has established a task force to help bring the next administration up to speed on critical infrastructure protection issues
Acquisition
Companies streamline Buyers.gov
Frictionless Commerce Inc. and CyberSystem Technologies Inc. will power the 'Quick Quote' section of Buyers.gov, providing buyers with advanced decision support and the backend integration to manage the entire purchasing process
Acquisition
Reverse auctions move forward
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and other agencies have thrown their weight behind the use of online reverse auctions to purchase goods and services in government
Digital Government
Budgeting ? what a concept
FCW's DotGov Thursday column helps Webmasters understand the federal government's investment lingo
Modernization
Four share Boston telecom deal
WinStar, AT?#038; Amp;T, Southwestern Bell and Bell Atlantic each won part of an MAA that could be worth as much as $270 million over eight years
Digital Government
Report: China to tax E-Commerce
The United States has a ban on Internet taxes, but China will not let electronic commerce go tax-free, the director of the country's State Administration of Taxation has said
Digital Government