Knowledge Management
Ron Simmons became a believer in Internet collaboration in 1998 while looking for a way to track research funded by the Federal Aviation Administration's human factors office.
Navy tests telemaintenance for cruise missiles
It can cost a bundle and take days for technicians to fly out to an aircraft carrier group, make their way to a designated ship and help with maintenance and repair of a Tomahawk cruise missile launching system.
Joint Chiefs: Bandwidth is top IT need in Afghanistan
The biggest technology challenge for warfighters in Afghanistan is getting adequate bandwidth, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. Croom, vice director for command, control, communications and computer systems with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
For Army recruiters, paper goes the way of the dinosaur
The Army Recruiting Command is throwing out paper procedures and automating how it manages information about recruits.
EDITORIAL CARTOON
Americans are often said to be workaholics. BusinessWeek magazine recently quoted Microsoft gazillionaire Steve Ballmer as saying, 'Let's start with the fact that I love to work.'
ANOTHER VIEW
There's a saying, 'You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.' Maybe that's the underlying message in the efforts for e-government. So how do you adjust the sails?
EDITORIAL
Shortly after Thanksgiving, an Asian elephant at the National Zoo in Washington gave birth. The calf weighed 325 pounds and looked tiny next to its mother. Yet when looking at the mother elephant, I still found it astonishing she could deliver a living being weighing so much.
SSA boosts its citizen connections
While the Social Security Administration waits for the Office of Management and Budget's OK on one major IT project, others are moving forward and gaining momentum.
INTERVIEW: Arthur W. Coviello Jr., RSA's cipher chief
Arthur W. Coviello Jr. has been president and chief executive of RSA Security Inc. since 1999, overseeing the growth of its authentication technology.
Navy Pacific chief calls for more simulation tests of IT
The military needs to speed the pace and fix the process of acquiring IT products and services, said Adm. Dennis C. Blair, commander in chief of the Navy's Pacific Command. To get new technologies to warfighters faster, Blair said, products need more testing in realistically simulated situations.
SSA to test state-issued digital certificates
The Social Security Administration has a pilot under way to accept online wage reports from certain states using digital certificates. In April, employers in Washington State will become the first to digitally sign and submit their online wage reports to SSA with their state-issued digital certificates.
GSA auctions $17.6 million worth of surplus goods online
A 3-carat diamond ring, a Coast Guard cutter and a 1979 Bentley Rolls-Royce were some of the more unusual surplus items the General Services Administration's auction Web site sold since the agency introduced the service a year ago.
Schambach is named CIO of Transportation Security Administration
Patrick R. Schambach, CIO of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and assistant director of its Office of Science and Technology, will be the Transportation Security Administration's CIO.
Qwest expands MAA contract to include Web hosting
Qwest Communications International Inc. of Denver has been given permission to cross over from the General Services Administration's local phone service program to its long-distance communications program.
Arkansas names top IT security officer
Michael A. Miller of Tracy, Calif., has been appointed chief security officer for Arkansas' State Executive CIO Office.
GAO says GSA Advantage, ITSS lack management controls
Two General Services Administration online procurement systems lack basic management controls, according to correspondence from the General Accounting Office to GSA that was released earlier this week.
FAA makes associate administrator for airports permanent
The Federal Aviation Administration has finally made official Woodie Woodward's appointment as associate administrator for airports.
Satellite company will pay $20 million fine to Uncle Sam
The Customs Service has levied a $20 million fine on Space Systems/Loral following charges that the company allegedly provided missile guidance technology data to China.
OMB's Forman adds two techie chiefs to his staff
Mark Forman's staff grows by two this month. The Office of Management and Budget's associate director for e-government and IT has gained Norman Lorentz as his chief technology officer. Forman also has tapped Debra Stouffer, deputy CIO for IT reform at the Housing and Urban Development Department, to spend 90 days drafting a governmentwide architecture proposal.
Defense wants out of A-76
The Pentagon does not like the limitations of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 and wants to develop its own ways of improving mission effectiveness while cutting costs. Pete Aldridge, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, expressed that intent in a Dec. 26 letter to then-OMB deputy director Sean O'Keefe.
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