Army thanks Dell for 9/11 recovery support
The Army recently honored Dell Computer Corp. for its support in rescue and recovery efforts after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Sie sind Berliners'at least, for three days
Agency IT executives took their e-government know-how to Berlin recently for the 35th Annual International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration conference.
People on the Move
Frank A. Perry, technical director for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, will join the Veterans Affairs Department as chief technology officer, a new position.
Calendar
15-17 West 2002. Conference. San Diego. Contact the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association; Web: <a href="http://www.west2002.org">www.west2002.org</a>.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
To find out what was new in the world of government procurement theory, I called that noted scholar of acquisition systems, Prof. Donnerkopf.
OneVA planners hit it on the nose
When the Veterans Affairs Department's Office of Information and Technology was developing the One VA Enterprise Architecture earlier this year, Secretary Anthony J. Principi demanded that it pass a simple sniff test.
SharePoint is worth the upgrade to FrontPage 2002
A single feature of Microsoft FrontPage 2002 makes the upgrade worthwhile for agencies with developer staffs: SharePoint Team Services.
2001: an IT odyssey
Each year, the GCN Lab tests quite a few products for the government market. Many live up to their billing, some have significant problems, and a few go beyond expectations.
Tools for the paperless agency
Agencies have made significant strides toward electronic processes such as contracting, citizen transactions and document storage but, like other organizations, they still put plenty of ink on paper.
INCOMING
The Army's Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N.J., selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to provide software and systems engineering support under a $702 million, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
Air Force OKs nine BPAs for various IT services
The Air Force's Commercial Information Technology Product Area Directorate has signed off on nine blanket purchase agreements worth $650 million for an array of IT services.
Army plans spring bid for WIN-T proposals
The Army plans to release a request for proposals next year for the next generation of battlefield communications systems: the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical.
Forman promotes e-gov resource sharing
Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's associate director for IT and e-government, has been holding face-to-face meetings with agency program managers to persuade them to share funds for OMB's 23 approved e-government initiatives.
Treasury takes an enterprising view
Connecting agencies is tops on the Treasury Department's to-do list.
CDC contracts for knowledge app
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $1 million, one-year contract to Conquest Systems Inc. to provide IT services to CDC's Procurement and Grants Office.
Navy C4I systems to get $174 million upgrade
The Naval Space and Warfare Systems Center in San Diego is hiring technical support to upgrade the Navy's afloat and ashore systems for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence.
Sen. Wyden proposes volunteer tech guard
A technology force of federal, state, local and private volunteers, similar to the National Guard, would be available in national emergencies under a proposal by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Since January of this year, the Greater Los Angeles Federal Executive Board has been conducting research on our recruitment and retention crisis. The other day I came across the GCN cartoon with the caption, 'Sorry, you FAA folks are on your own this time' [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol20_no5/editopinion/3730-1.html">GCN, March 5, Page 18</a>], and I got chills as it eerily reminded me of the events of Sept. 11.
EDITORIAL
With this editorial, I mark 10 years as editor of Government Computer News, about half of the paper's existence. I hope to stick with it a while longer.
PocketBlue walks a beat
Several Washington-area federal and local law enforcement agencies are testing Aether Systems Inc.'s PocketBlue program for real-time mobile communications via 90 handheld devices donated by the Marlborough, Mass., company.
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