IT leasing moratorium is close to an end
Agencies by early next month will be able to resume leasing IT equipment via the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service Schedule 70. GSA on Monday sent final leasing terms and conditions to vendors, who have until May 3 to sign off or request negotiations to customize the terms.
House VPN connects staff remotely
Greg Roney spent four months finishing up his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, but to the congressmen he worked for, it was as if he never left Washington.
Labor launches the first of OMB's 24 e-gov projects
A government benefits portal is the first Office of Management and Budget <br>e-government initiative to get off the ground.
NOAA and National Weather Service gain CIOs
Barry C. West is the new CIO of the National Weather Service, succeeding Carl Staton, who has taken over the CIO mantle at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
IRS taps Aspect for $150 million follow-on contract
The IRS has awarded Aspect Communications Corp. a six-year, $150 million contract to maintain automated voice response systems at 40 customer service centers.
Navy first to use e-signatures on smart cards for travel
The Navy is the first department in the Defense Department to use Common Access smart cards for the Defense Travel System.
Modern architecture: midrange mainframes
Three midrange mainframe computers just announced by Unisys Corp. can run applications under both mainframe and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
The week's top stories for April 15 through April 19
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18431-1.html">Microsoft .Net, J2EE could build e-gov structure</a><p> <a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18427-1.html">N.Y. comptroller: Medicaid billing system pays $95 million in wrong bills</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18426-1.html">GSA, vendors closer to new IT leasing terms</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18419-1.html">Mayo gets the nod for new Navy systems post</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18387-1.html">NMCI test results could boost seats to 149,000</a>
Microsoft .Net, J2EE could build e-gov structure
The Office of Management and Budget is recommending Microsoft's .Net and Java2 Enterprise Edition as possible architectures for its 24 e-government projects.
GSA, vendors closer to new IT leasing terms
The General Services Administration is reviewing vendor and industry association comments on proposed IT leasing terms for the Federal Supply Service schedule.
Energy lab orders HP supercomputer for unclassified research
An Energy Department laboratory in Richland, Wash., yesterday announced it has ordered a $24.5 million, 1,388-processor Hewlett-Packard Co. supercomputer for environmental and biological research.
OMB allocates $4.1 million of e-gov fund
The Office of Management and Budget soon will dole out $4.1 million to a trio of <br>e-government programs, the FirstGov project and to an effort to educate agencies about managing change.
NIST opens new round of ATP competitions
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has set deadlines for the latest R&D funding competition of its Advanced Technology Program and is encouraging applicants to submit their proposals online.
PKI team tries to lead by example on new pilot
In its latest effort to jump-start public-key infrastructure use within government, the Federal PKI Steering Committee will put its money where its mouth is and use an e-signature application for its own pilot.
DREN contract draws second protest
Another vendor has joined the Defense Research and Engineering Network protest fray. Original DREN winner, Global Crossing Ltd., today lodged its complaint of the Defense Information Systems Agency's award of the $450 million contract to WorldCom Inc.
Mayo gets the nod for new Navy systems post
It' s official: President Bush has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Richard W. Mayo to head the newly authorized Naval Network Warfare Command.
On the rise: monitoring employees' Web habits
Many agencies know what their workers are doing and where they are going on the Internet.
Feds focus in on biometric tools
Transportation and law enforcement agencies are rushing to try biometric security, and in some cases Congress is mandating its use.
VA takes over veterans' medical data from DOD
The Veterans Health Administration is taking over from the Defense Department a system that lets the agencies share up-to-date veterans' medical information.
State ready to test overseas system
The State Department is negotiating a contract with Accenture LLP of Chicago to implement the pilot phase of the Overseas Presence Interagency Collaboration project.
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