Howard on deck to be VA CIO
President Bush today said he intends to nominate Robert Howard to be assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology and CIO.
5 star technologies that feds should know about and deploy
These new information technologies will change the way government works.
Customs awards contract for border security pilot
Northrop Grumman wins $33.7 million contract for pilot project that may be integrated into Secure Border Initiative Network.
DOD Office of Transformation to shutter
Mission areas of OFT will be spread across the Defense Department.
Balutis onboard at Cisco
Alan Balutis has joined Cisco Systems Inc. as director of its North American public sector consulting business.
SSA may have overpaid millions in death benefits
The Social Security Administration's disparate systems and manual intervention result in an unknown amount of overpayments, according to the agency's inspector general.
Readers remember 9/11
GCN asked readers to share their experiences stemming from the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Here's what they had to say.
USAID picks teams to vie for $300m in IT work
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded blanket purchase agreements to four contractor teams that will compete for up to $300 million in software task orders over the next five years.
And another thing...
A lot of people have complained about the potential negative effect certain video and computer games might have on people who play them too often.
VIRTUAL SPACE: The Air Force's other network
The Air Force last week caught a ride on one of the Web's hottest trends, launching a user profile on the MySpace social networking site.
OMB seeks FOIA info as part of annual e-gov update
Agencies must update the Office of Management and Budget on their progress in implementing recent changes to the Freedom of Information Act.
CDC makes virus gene database widely available
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made available genetic blueprints for more than 650 genes of influenza viruses in a database accessible to researchers worldwide to encourage more research on influenza.
HHS awards contract for HSPD-12
Lockheed Martin will integrate its BioUnique Identity Management system among several Health and Human Services Department agencies.
GAO has new chief procurement lawyer
The Government Accountability Office named Michael Golden as the new chief of its general counsel's Procurement Law Office.
HUD plans integrated financial-management system
The Housing and Urban Development plans to seek enterprisewide implementation and integration of the PeopleSoft financial-management system as part of the agency's accounting and financial modernization.
OMB changes tack on agency financial reporting
Guideline changes include expanding the definitions for material weakness and significant deficiency to align more closely with the private sector.
Senate mulls document management system
The Senate is seeking commercially available software that will help the chamber's Sergeant-at-Arms manage purchase orders, invoices and other financial-management documents.
DISA wants additional collaboration tools
The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency would like to see a request for quotations for a second collaboration services software tool hit the streets in 60 days.
Dell gives defense, health, intell priority in battery replacements
Company is supplying customers in the United States primarily through its Web site, and overseas customers through bulk shipments.
FDA expands e-submissions, automates drug data
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed automating how drug companies register themselves and list their products with the agency.
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