DOD comes up short in credit check
The General Accounting Office has concluded that the Defense Department needs to limit the number of purchase cards it issues and recommended imposing credit checks on DOD employees who carry the cards.
Record DOD budget is a 'down payment'
President Bush yesterday signed into law the $317 billion Defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2002. He called it a down payment on his commitment to give the military enough resources to defeat terrorism.
Verizon Federal gets contract for local phone service in Norfolk
The General Services Administration has awarded Verizon Federal Inc. of Washington a contract for local phone service in the Norfolk, Va., area valued at up to $350 million over eight years.
Education awards Raytheon $20 million loan system contract
The Education Department has awarded a one-year, $20 million contract extension to Raytheon Co. to work on the data management system for the Federal Family Education Loan Program.
IBM outsources NetVista desktop PC manufacturing
IBM Corp., prominent in the growth of personal computers over the last few decades, plans to outsource the manufacturing of its desktop PC line.
Survey finds e-government is a hit
E-government services are catching on with the public, outpacing some common commercial services, according to figures released today from the 2001 National Technology Readiness Survey by the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Rockbridge Associates Inc. of Great Falls, Va.
GSA searches for a new FirstGov engine
The General Services Administration yesterday released a request for proposals for a new search engine for the FirstGov database portal.
Joint Chiefs identify bandwidth as top tech challenge in Afghanistan
The No. 1 technology challenge facing warfighters in Afghanistan is the need for more bandwidth, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. Croom, vice director for command, control, communications and computer systems with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Office of Educational Technology has a new director
John Bailey has been named director of the Education Department's Office of Educational Technology.
Rumsfeld names CEO to be spectrum protector
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld deems an area of radio frequency bands used by the Defense Department as so crucial that he has hired a telecommunications industry executive to focus on protecting that electromagnetic spectrum.
CECOM center gets a hand with software support
The Software Engineering Center of the Army Communications and Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N.J., has hired Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego to perform systems and software engineering support work.
Biometric standards could boost PKI use
A decade after the government began seeking biometric authentication products, two interoperability standards have finally taken shape: the Common Biometric Exchange File Format (CBEFF) and the Biometric Application Programming Interface (BioAPI 1.1).
Status quo is a barrier to OMB's e-gov plans
An observation circulating in Washington is that you can make progress on e-government initiatives'if you have more power than the president.
SBA's new portal portrays OMB's idea of e-gov
The Small Business Administration has become the first agency to accomplish one of the goals of the Office of Management and Budget's 23 approved electronic-government initiatives. Through its newest Web site, aimed at helping small companies understand and comply with regulations, SBA will combine the resources of federal, state and local governments to provide a one-stop shop.
With mail safety still iffy, Hill upgrades e-mail
A great influx of e-mail to Congress never materialized after the Sept. 11 and anthrax attacks, but officials in both houses expect the use of e-mail and other digital technologies to grow. To accommodate the increase, the House and Senate are upgrading their e-mail systems.
IRS pledges fast answers online
The IRS today launches its newly refreshed Web site'the first revamp since its debut in December 1995'with a promise that users can find the information they need in three clicks.
NIHnet WAN support award goes to SRA
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $5 million, one-year contract to SRA International Inc. to support the NIHnet WAN, which has 25,000 users across the country.
GSA contracts to help boost HUBZone buys
Even though Congress might not fund the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program for this year, agencies still are required to meet their HUBZone contracting goals.
HHS signs deal for financial system merger
The Health and Human Services Department has awarded a one-year, $12 million contract to KPMG Consulting Inc. of McLean, Va., to design a unified financial management system.
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