New e-gov chief is not governmentwide CIO
Mark Forman will head up federal electronic-government efforts, oversee the e-government fund proposed by President Bush and direct the Chief Information Officers Council. Just don't call him the federal CIO.
Agencies eye ASPs warily
For most agencies, outsourcing applications represents sailing on uncharted seas.
USPS eager to market financial monitoring system
The cash-strapped Postal Service will soon market a homegrown system that tracks suspicious financial transactions at post offices and monitors clerks' compliance with laws requiring them to report such transactions.
NASA upgrades Deep Space Network
Keeping track of manned and unmanned space missions is no simple matter. At any time, dozens of spacecraft'including the Mars Odyssey orbiter, Saturn-bound Cassini orbiter and probes into deep space'are surveying the solar system.
IRS gets funds; board seeks more for new and old projects
Congress this month released $128 million for new initiatives and ongoing efforts of the IRS' Business Systems Modernization program, but the agency remains concerned with future funding for its systems overhaul.
IG: More delays are likely in the STARS
The Federal Aviation Administration's five-year-old project to upgrade air traffic control terminals continues to be at risk for delays and cost overruns, Transportation Department officials said this month.
Interior calls on ASP to channel incoming flood of FOIA requests
The Interior Department's Sue Ellen Sloca knows what it's like to be swamped with documents. They're piled everywhere in her office at the department's headquarters.
Outsourcing HR, financial apps pays off for FERC
In October, when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission moves application management and hosting of its human resources systems to an application service provider, it will be on familiar ground.
By definition, ASPs aren't so simple
What is an application service provider? The Information Technology Association of America's ASP Committee spent several months trying to come up with an answer, said Harris Miller, president of the Arlington, Va., association.
Will a national missile defense system work?
There is something the Defense Department may not want the public to know about its National Missile Defense system, contend a contingent of Democratic lawmakers, who say the program has severe technological deficiencies.
NASA credit card files now on Web
NASA has chosen a Web application to track its credit card purchases and receipts under the Integrated Financial Management Program's Core Financial Project.
Local phone competition hangs up
Delays in moving agencies' local telephone lines to the General Services Administration's Metropolitan Area Acquisition program could jeopardize targeted savings of $1.1 billion over eight years, witnesses told a congressional panel this month.
Defense opens networks for collaboration
The Defense Department is fielding a collaboration software suite from Ezenia Inc. of Burlington, Mass., on a pair of classified networks.
Defense buying office gives new look to Web site
The Defense Procurement Office this month rolled out a redesigned Web site that it said is cleaner, easier to maneuver and compliant with Section 508 accessibility requirements.
DOD, NAVAIR sign up to use mySAP.com
Under a new blanket purchasing agreement with SAP Public Sector and Education Inc. of Washington, the Defense Department will use the mySAP.com platform for financial management, human resources, procurement and other tasks.
FBI gives SAIC second half of Trilogy project
Science Applications International Corp. received a $10 million contract from the FBI to carry out the second half of its $300 million Trilogy modernization plan.
IG slams ET search
Tennessee Valley Authority employees compromised computer security while downloading a program that seeks aliens in space, according to TVA's inspector general.
HCFA gets a new name and an overhaul
The Health Care Financing Administration earlier this month got a new name that top brass said better reflects its mission: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
GAO dismisses AT&T protest of FTS awards
The General Accounting Office has dismissed AT&T Corp.'s protest of the FTS 2001 long-haul telecommunications contracts awarded by the General Services Administration more than two years ago.
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