The week's top stories, March 4-8
<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18129-1.html">Contractor job shuffle ahead at DOD</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18126-1.html">AT&T snares new search engine contract for FirstGov</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18120-1.html">Davis introduces security, IT work force exchange bills</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18117-1.html">Postal Service discontinues online messaging service</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18114-1.html">New study: Earlier IRS modernization efforts not a total waste</a><p>
GPS, meet Galileo
The State Department announced yesterday that it is pushing for interoperability between the U.S. Global Positioning System and the European Union's proposed competing system, called Galileo.
Contractor job shuffle ahead at DOD
Foreign nationals could not hold IT jobs deemed sensitive under a proposal being considered by the Defense Department. It could receive approval within 60 to 90 days.
Treasury awards enterprise voice-data BPA
The Treasury Department has signed a blanket purchasing agreement with Avaya Inc. for voice and data services departmentwide.
AT&T snares new search engine contract for FirstGov
Don't like the results you get on the <a href="http://FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> search engine? Well, wait until April 1.
HP CTO: Government and industry should work together on security
What keeps an academic such as the chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. up at night? For one thing, the thought of the government building, in the name of security, its own network infrastructure.
Postal Service discontinues online messaging service
The Postal Service's <br>e-commerce initiatives have come under fire from Congress and the General Accounting Office. USPS announced today that it is discontinuing one such program, PosteCS, a secure online messaging service.
Federal e-gov efforts buttress homeland security, Lorentz says
Can e-government help homeland security? At least four of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 Quicksilver projects will reinforce the Office of Homeland Security's fight against terrorism, Norman E. Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer said yesterday.
New study: Earlier IRS modernization efforts not a total waste
Remember the failed, multibillion-dollar Tax Systems Modernization effort of the early 1990s'the one that got lawmakers so incensed? Turns out some of the money was well spent.
Bob Dickson leaves State for private sector
Robert B. 'Bob' Dickson has left his job as executive director of the State Department's Bureau of Administration to join Acquisition Solutions Inc. of Chantilly, Va.
OMB presses EPA to improve pollution data
The Office of Management and Budget today asked the Environmental Protection Agency to expand online methods to speed and simplify distribution of information about the release of poisonous chemicals.
DISA again delays DREN contract award
For the second time in five weeks, the Defense Information Systems Agency has delayed the reaward of a $400 million network contract.
Forman: Converting to online government is a Bush administration priority
Putting 5,600 transactions online tops the list of challenges the Bush administration faces, its systems czar said today.
ODIN chief leaves NASA for systems security post at NSA
Mark Hagerty, a longtime NASA outsourcing executive, has left the space agency to join the National Security Agency.
New site promotes commuting choices
A new interagency Web site at <a href="http://www.commuterchoice.gov">www.commuterchoice.gov</a> encourages employers to offer workers alternatives to the traditional automobile commute.
E-commerce: elusive ideal
Agencies are advancing toward the promised land of electronic commerce'but not without hitting cultural, technological, economic and even national security potholes.
OMB sets e-government milestones
The administration is tightening the screws on its 24 chosen e-government efforts. Project managers face tight deadlines and will be held accountable as never before.
Section 508 site takes own advice
When it comes to complying with Section 508, the General Services Administration's Center for IT Accommodation is the standard bearer for the federal government.
Going, going, gone online: SBA revs up its loan sales
The Small Business Administration auctioned more than $400 million in loans in January, and not one bidder raised a hand or waved a paddle. Instead, investors submitted bids online through a secure Web site, creating the largest online government auction ever, SBA officials said.
IT security calls for collaboration
Federal IT security issues haven't changed since Sept. 11, but they have taken on new significance, federal managers said recently.
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