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Senator seeks to curtail emergency purchase card limits
Sen. Charles Grassley is trying to rein in newly increased purchase card limits that Congress passed as part of a Hurricane Katrina aid package.
People
Sat comms aid Mississippi recovery efforts
Virginia company is lending communications trailer to Mississippi to help in hurricane recovery efforts and plans to send a similar one to Louisiana.
People
Core.gov undergoing renovation
OMB is revamping Core.gov, its repository for governmentwide reusable components.
People
Washington state develops mapping system
Internet-based system will provide first responders with information about critical infrastructures.
People
GAO: Info sharing would bolster visa security
Improving information sharing would enhance the security of the visa issuance process, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
People
Eugene gets new Web portal
The Oregon city's original Web site had not been significantly upgraded in a decade. Now residents can take care of their business with the city online.
People
ACS to provide benefits transfer services
Integrator will provide transaction processing, project management and retailer management under $45 million Ohio contract.
Acquisition
Education IT spending to spike -- eventually
Input report says state and local IT education spending will grow to $10 billion, but that growth is to come further down the road.
People
Texas agency speeds food stamp applications for Katrina victims
Texas has developed and deployed a new Web-based application to help process survivors of Hurricane Katrina and provide them with needed food stamp benefits.
Digital Government
State and local IT spending on the rise
After a dry spell, governments look to technology
People
Kelman: The ‘blame game’ and learning moments
Organizations need to learn from their mistakes and compare examples of successful performance with poorer performance.
Modernization
GSA sends hurricane relief
The General Services Administration has been sending supplies and services to the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
People
Leavitt: Katrina demonstrates need for e-health records
Most people displaced by Hurricane Katrina have no medical records, making it difficult for clinicians working in disaster medical centers to treat them, the HHS secretary says.
People
Colorado law enforcement agencies sharing data
7 law enforcement agencies near Denver will exchange data through the new Jefferson County Law Enforcement Sharing System.
People
Katrina knocked out real-time weather
The Internet weather service WeatherBug reported that 50 percent of its weather instrument stations were not functioning.
Digital Government
EDS scores Medicaid contracts with two states
Florida and Oklahoma select EDS to process their Medicaid health care provider claims.
People
Holcomb: Katrina could shift DHS priorities
The disorganized and delayed federal response to Hurricane Katrina will likely alter the Homeland Security Department’s priorities, DHS’ chief technology officer said.
People
Makeshift control towers guide rescue planes
The FAA used its ingenuity to create control towers that allowed thousands of planes to land in hurricane-devastated areas.
Modernization
Coast Guard tech situation improving
The Coast Guard has regained most of its IT capabilities along the Gulf Coast.
Modernization