Some NMCI Strike Force workers laid off
Electronic Data Systems Corp. has laid off 10 percent of its Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Strike Force as a cost-saving measure after a month-long impasse with the Defense Department over system testing and consolidation of legacy applications.
Arlington County, Va., sets up wireless system to help Pentagon rescue efforts
The Pentagon's home county and a group of volunteers from industry applied the finishing touches to a wireless LAN and Internet access system today to help with the search, rescue and cleanup after last week's terrorist attack.
HUD concurs with GAO criticism of software acquisitions
The General Accounting Office today said 'immature software acquisition capability' is putting Housing and Urban Development Department projects at risk.
New York City, hospital group team up to list patients on Web
Within 12 hours of last Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center in New York, city officials and Stream 57, a company owned by the Greater New York Hospital Association, collaborated to post on the Web the names of people treated for injuries sustained in the attack.
Vendors donate time, equipment to help government
Some vendors are loaning equipment and technical assistance to government organizations that suffered losses from last week's terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
IRS to calculate on notebook PCs
The IRS has begun implementing the Customer Relationship Management Exam project, a business systems modernization project that will let tax examiners conduct complex calculations on notebook PCs.
Tool helps track shuttle contractors
The folks at NASA's Kennedy Space Center must pay excruciating attention to detail to prepare a reusable spacecraft for launch.
IRS preps Web for quarterly tax payments
When the IRS this month added a Web component to its 5-year-old Electronic Federal Tax Payment System [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/20_27/inbrief/17024-1.html">GCN, Sept. 10, Page 7</a>], tax processing intermediaries cheered louder than taxpayers.
NASA tests remote craft to gather wildfire data
NASA researchers in California, a state often plagued by wildfires, are testing a remotely piloted aircraft that could send real-time aerial pictures of blazes to firefighters over the Internet.
Back-end plan boosts State Web site
Soon after the change of administrations in January, the State Department changed its Web site. Now it is improving the way information gets onto the site.
Study: 'Scrap GS pay system'
The federal government should eliminate the traditional GS pay system in favor of four broad pay bands to address the growing need for information technology workers, a National Academy of Public Administration study recommended.
Officials debate talent shortage
Kay Cole James, director of the Office of Personnel Management, told federal human resource managers last week that they must strengthen the federal work force by following the president's lead.
Navy, DOD go full speed ahead on NMCI testing
An agreement reached this month by the Defense Department and Navy on testing for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet ended a month-long impasse. But questions remain about the best way to test commercial products used by Defense agencies.
FAA traffic control shines at critical time
In his remarks last Tuesday evening, President Bush promised a stunned nation that the federal government would be open for business the following day.
State IT agencies act fast in crisis
State information technology agencies in the mid-Atlantic states responded to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by securing data centers, providing emergency communications to governors and reducing working staff. State officials as far away from the attacks as California prepared for any additional attacks.
FAA fastens security belts at all airports
The Federal Aviation Administration last week released its plan to beef up security at airports nationwide after terrorists used airline flights to attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Calm after the storm
Federal workers responded to the terror of last Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with quiet resolve, returning the following day to the business of serving the nation.
Damage to Pentagon includes recently renovated Wedge 1
The hijacked commercial jetliner that crashed into the Pentagon heliport area last week damaged a section that recently reopened after more than three years of costly renovations.
Portals open up more public info, study says
Portal sites for state and federal information have improved government Web services noticeably over the past year, a study this month reported.
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