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Nine to advise USDA
The USDA Technology and eGovernment Advisory Council will meet on June 10.
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DHS funds data center
The Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Lab will get $2.5 million from DHS to start a National Visual Analytics Center.
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Amber Alert merger nears finish
A Web-based network combining states' systems for reporting child abductions is expected to launch nationwide soon.
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Agriculture appoints new eGov council members
Nine members join new USDA Technology and eGovernment Advisory Council.
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New backup for Army knowledge
The Army will launch a new Army Knowledge Online portal disaster recovery site.
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FAA makes airport status feature available for PDAs
The Fly FAA Wireless application provides updates on flying conditions, flight status.
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GAO to locals: Should have foreseen delays
Local officials hoping to quickly get their hands on first-responder money should have known about longstanding federal guidelines for grants.
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Stratcom prepares IT services award
The command responsible for missile and computer defense soon will hire an IT services firm.
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Science.gov 2.0 launches
The governmentwide Web portal for science and technology information has been upgraded.
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Idaho "vortal" goes truckin'
The state's new Web site for truckers is the first of a series of government portals for specific industries.
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Records group readies report
The Electronic Records Policy Working Group also plans to create tools to help agencies.
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Major programs within the Interior Department
<b>Message system consolidation</b>: Interior officials are developing a project management plan to implement Microsoft Exchange for messaging across the department. Their current target is to end the department’s use of Novell NetWare and Lotus Notes messaging by December. Interior already has ended its use of Sendmail from Sendmail Inc. of Emeryville, Calif.
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National Research Council group calls for Trilogy stoppage
The FBI should hold off on the final piece of the Trilogy modernization program, a report says.
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DOD inspector finds spending info gaps
Defense reports don't provide enough useful information on IT investments, says the department's inspector general.
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IRS weighs e-filing upgrades
Officials must choose between improving current systems or replacing them, says an associate CIO for the agency.
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GAO uncovers bogus degrees
More than 450 federal employees obtained phony academic degrees from diploma mills, the General Accounting Office said.
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Dispatchers urge passage of stalled E-911 bill
An organization representing the nation’s public safety answering points wants the administration to support a bill that would help state and local governments upgrade their 911 services.
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E-filing nears 50 percent mark
Almost half of all individual tax returns were filed electronically this year, the IRS says.
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Army looks for single AKO portal contract
The Army plans to award a single contract by summer's end to a vendor to maintain the Army Knowledge Online portal.
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