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Reed joining Acquisition Solutions
Former USDA CIO will become president of consulting firm aimed at helping government retool procurement practices
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Army considers urban warfare tech
Officials are reviewing technology that could be used to gather intelligence and fight enemy forces in an urban environment
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CIO Council: Protect your architecture data
The CIO Council is reminding agency CIOs to guard their enterprise architecture information and applications as closely as their core systems.<br><@SM>
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GSA replumbs its Web portal
The General Services Administration is reworking the back-end linkage and programming of all components on its <i>gsa.gov</i> portal. <br>
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IRS ramps up online services
One of several new features allows taxpayers to track the progress of refund checks
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Russell tapped for GPO post
Judith Russell will be the first female superintendent of documents at the Government Printing Office
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Reward offered for stolen DOD files
TriWest Healthcare Alliance's Phoenix offices were broken into Dec. 14 and computers and files were stolen
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IRS moves e-learning courses online
The IRS is moving its tax law and tax processing electronic training courses to be compatible with the Office of Personnel Management’s e-Training initiative.<br>
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NARA approves two methods for transferring records
Agencies transferring permanent records to the National Archives and Records Administration now can use digital tape or File Transfer Protocol.<br>
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Online student loan system is lagging, GAO says
Systems being developed to streamline processing of federal student aid and related data are in some cases nearly a year behind schedule, a just-published General Accounting Office study concludes.<br>
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IG: DOD contracting falls short
Defense Inspector General finds many contract awards to small businesses lack competition
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Air Force broadens e-learning
Service taps SkillSoft to provide online IT training courses and mentoring services to its personnel
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SBA and DOD link databases
The Small Business Administration and the Defense Department last week took the first step toward completing the Business Partner Network for government contractors. <br>
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USC wins Spawar pact
University will help advance the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's info awareness project
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Air Force intell system progressing
National Air Intelligence Center getting Web-based system to access 'threat databases'
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OMB orders merging of park reservation systems
The Office of Management and Budget has instructed the Interior and Agriculture departments and the Army Corps of Engineers to consolidate the country’s two major recreation reservation systems. <br>
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Air Force, Navy team on education
The Air Force Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School alliance merges duplicative courses
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GAO finds more purchase card woes
Two new reports examine purchase and travel card programs at five Air Force bases
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