Digital Government
State & local
St. Petersburg deploys Oracle; Santa Barbara County taps PilotWorks; Input: Social services contracts to top $500M in 2007 and 2008.
People
Newstrom joins Lee Technologies
The former secretary of technology for Virginia has been named Lee Technologies' president and COO.
People
DHS awards grants for radiation detection systems
The department has allocated $3.2 million in grants for radiation detection systems to be installed at interstate weigh stations throughout the Southeast.
Digital Government
Chicago replaces Sun servers with HP
New Sun servers would have cost the city $250,000 each, while the Intel-based HP servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux cost about $50,000 each.
Digital Government
W.Va. launches statewide IT contract
The program prequalifies 22 vendors to pursue business in certain categories.
Modernization
Vendors offer interoperability on a national scale
Emergency responders say they need to solve regional interoperability problems first.
People
OMB lifts the veil on IT worries
The agency has revealed two lists of projects that it says warrant expanded public oversight.
People
House Dems urge GAO to assess EPA library cuts
In a letter to Comptroller General David Walker, the representatives say the "EPA plans to shut libraries first and digitize documents later."
Digital Government
NYC to cover city with 2.5 GHz wireless
Wireless broadband network would fulfill recommendations of 9/11 Commission.
Modernization
North Dakota chooses FileNet platform
The state has declared FileNet’s ECM solutions as a standard for state government agencies’ business process, imaging, records and content management requirements.
People
Governors to Congress: Leave National Guard to us
State chief executives oppose language to federalize the National Guard in response to natural disasters.
Digital Government
Schools choose Meru for wireless
Meru Networks has landed deals with more than 70 educational institutions to provide wireless local-area network infrastructure.
People
FedSources: GSA dealing with its problems
GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Jim Williams presented his plan for reorganization to the administrator on Friday, he tells an industry group.
Acquisition
White paper explores public ROI
The University at Albany's Center for Technology in Government public value framework aims to connect what happens in the government with the effect on the public.
Acquisition
N.C. picks BearingPoint for payroll system
Under the $28 million contract, the company will replace the state's human resources systems with a new one based on mySAP.
Modernization
Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to supply NYC safety net spectrum
Northrop Grumman will also lease 2.5 GHz spectrum from Sprint Nextel.
People
GAO: Leaders' support essential to success of EA
Be prepared to sell executives on enterprise architecture, two experts advised at the Enterprise Architecture Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C.
People
Game on for ODNI's C&A revamp
The four-month program pits teams of government and industry experts against one another, culminating in a “war room” battle of ideas to produce new policies and processes.
People
GAO: JTRS software lacks portability
Lack of a fully functioning gateway could impede battlefield communications, a recent report also states.
Modernization