Two e-gov leaders retire
Two senior officials dealing with the Office of Management and Budget's<br>e-government initiatives have left the government.
CIO Council releases knowledge management primer
The CIO Council's knowledge management working group yesterday released a CD-ROM with information about best practices and other data to further feds' use of knowledge management.
E-gov personnel could earn performance bonuses
Do well on your e-government projects, and you could get a fat bonus check.
DOD would share airwaves with emergency crews
The Defense Department is willing to allow limited use of its radio bandwidth by public safety workers, a department report told Congress yesterday.
Commerce will expand its R&D funding program
The Commerce Department has issued a six-point plan for improving its Advanced Technology Program, a public-private effort to develop high-risk technology projects.
IBM unveils four new workstations
IBM Corp. today announced four new workstations, three based on the Intel IA-32 platform and one on IBM's own processor architecture.
Navy taps rear admiral to head new NMCI office
The Navy will establish a new program office to serve as a central point of authority for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
It's a desktop, it's a notebook, it's a ' DeskNote
PC Wave Inc.'s new 7-pound DeskNote desktop replacement system has components like a desktop PC's'even a full 2.2-GHz Pentium 4 processor, not a mobile Pentium. But the AC power supply is external to avoid the battery heat buildup that plagues Pentium 4 notebook PCs, according to the Fremont, Calif., company.
DOT agency will upgrade its legacy mainframes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded a five-year contract to Signal Corp. to upgrade legacy mainframe applications.
Bush proposes boost in 2003 IT security budget
Systems initiatives tied to the government's homeland defense efforts received a boost beyond the $52 billion earmarked for IT in the fiscal 2003 budget proposal President Bush sent to Congress today.
Cray, Dell ink deal to sell server clusters
Longtime supercomputer maker Cray Inc. of Seattle today announced a deal with Dell Computer Corp. to market custom-built clusters using Dell's PowerEdge servers and storage products.
Lack of Internet access stymies Interior agencies
Interior Department agencies that have struggled since early December without Internet connections face additional months of partial paralysis.
New world order pits security against Web
Since Sept. 11, who decides what the public can view on government Web sites?
Fruits of Labor: e-gov portal
This story is part of an occasional series about the 24 projects of the Office of Management and Budget e-government program.
IRS tightens inventory control after 2,300 computers go missing
A senior senator has asked the Office of Management and Budget to rein in IRS funding until the agency can account for 2,300 missing computers.
SEC integrates payment app with online filing
The Securities and Exchange Commission last month retired one of its last legacy systems, winding up the final phase of modernization of the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.
At FAA, security takes front and center role
The Federal Aviation Administration has decided to delay several elements of its air traffic control systems modernization and accelerate others as it reassesses its mission in the wake of Sept. 11.
Census, Navy supercharge Web libraries
Librarians at the Census Bureau and the Naval Research Laboratory are building Web portals that give researchers faster access to a greater volume of higher quality information.
State tackles worldwide collaboration
The State Department plans to choose a contractor this month to build a pilot version of a knowledge management environment that eventually could weave together the activities of thousands of federal workers at dozens of domestic and overseas locations.
State of the union: Will security push lead to IT boost?
In his state of the union speech last week, President Bush stuck with his oft-stated homeland security priorities: fighting bioterrorism, securing borders and airports, beefing up emergency response and improving intelligence gathering.
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