OMB's e-gov group will increase staff
<b>Mark Forman</b> isn't only gearing up for electronic government, he's staffing up. As the associate director for IT and e-government at the Office of Management and Budget, Forman said he would hire four managers to oversee 23 development projects OMB task forces have identified as models.
NASA releases classic software to public domain
NASA turned 43 this month and marked the occasion by releasing more than 200 of its scientific and engineering applications for public use. The modular Fortran programs can be modified, compiled and run on most Linux platforms.
Navy supply command awards $53m support contract
Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego will provide technical support services to the Navy under a $53 million contract awarded today.
SEC launches Spanish language section on Web site
The Securities and Exchange Commission has posted links to text in Spanish on its Web site, at <a href="http://www.sec.gov">www.sec.gov</a>, to reach out to the country's fastest-growing demographic group.
IRS expands IT staff
The IRS has named Colleen Leighty to be the director of customer care, a new position in the Office of Information Technology.
XP: Robust and user-friendly
The new Microsoft Windows XP operating system looks and acts differently from its predecessors. Is the relearning effort worthwhile? In a word, yes.
OMB nears approval of e-gov plans
The Bush administration is two steps away from activating 23 cross-agency e-government projects that, together, represent a nearly $1 billion investment.
GAO: Better data is key to GPEA success
The Office of Management and Budget must do better at collecting information from agencies on their plans to comply with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, the General Accounting Office told Congress last month in a report.
E-gov bill author is optimistic
Mark Forman may not be the federal CIO, but his appointment earlier this year as IT point man shows that the Bush administration is aware e-government programs need strong leadership, said the chief author of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's E-Government Act of 2001.
Panel proposes 'intelligent mail' tracking system
A panel of corporate executives and a postal official are advocating the development of a system that would allow the Postal Service to track every piece of mail it handles from pickup to delivery.
IT spending to jump, survey says
Federal IT spending will rise by 15 percent next year, and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have changed the government's priorities for how to spend the money, an industry trade group survey showed.
Bush still supports A-76
A-76 may be the most reviled process in all of procurement, but that won't stop the Bush administration from pursuing its goal of having companies and federal employees compete for work.
CIO Council gets new look, new direction
President Bush's Office of Management and Budget has radically overhauled the CIO Council, abolishing committees, changing members' assignments and giving the group new priorities.
VA rolls out enterprise
The Veterans Affairs Department last week released its plan for the One VA Enterprise architecture. Once implemented, veterans will have to register with the department only once, and information will be available to authorized users in real time.
DISA awards DGS two contracts of up to $3b
The Defense Department has awarded two contracts potentially worth $3 billion for lifecycle management of classified and unclassified portions of the Defense Information Systems Network Global Solutions requirement.
DOD gains allies in the fight to keep its spectrum
The Defense Department may have won its battle with the wireless communications industry over the use of radio frequency bands.
Reece: 2002 is make-or-break on IRS upgrades
Vowing to maintain a barrage of on-schedule releases of systems and software, John Reece, CIO of the IRS, said 2002 will be a 'make-or-break year for IRS modernization.'
NASA surveys visitors to its home page
NASA is asking a random sample of its home page visitors what they think of its central Web site.
SAP protests HHS' choice of Oracle apps
SAP America Inc. has protested the Health and Human Services Department's planned acquisition of Oracle Federal Financials software. HHS wants the software for internal use and to unify Medicare contractors' accounting methods.
GSA site will speed service to small business
Dry cleaners, restaurants and trucking companies will be among the first businesses to be offered one-stop federal and state registration and licensing via a new General Services Administration Web site.
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