Avian flu could cripple telecom services, Internet
Results of a recent influenza pandemic simulation show that telecommunications systems could be overwhelmed, and the Internet could shut down within two to four days of an outbreak.
Air Force awards Wright-Patterson program work to DRC
The Air Force has awarded Dynamics Research Corp. contracts totaling $17.4 million sor support services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
DHS studies options for enterprise financials
The Homeland Security Department will decide in the next few months whether it will use existing legacy systems to establish an enterprisewide financial management system, according to a DHS procurement official.
As e-gov projects grow, feds seek performance metrics
If the White House's e-government initiatives are going to reach their stated goals, the government must establish new ways of promoting and touting the success of their initiatives.
Online Extra | New additions to the National Recording Registry
President Calvin 'Silent Cal' Coolidge now is keeping company with the likes of Fats Domino, Jimi Hendrix and the old fog horn at Kewaunee, Wis., in the National Recording Registry. These notables are among 50 subjects added recently by the Library of Congress to its registry of historically significant recordings.
Intrusion detected in DOD server
Routine monitoring uncovered recently that an intruder had compromised a server supporting the Defense Department's Tricare Management Activity.
And another thing...
After a down year or two, the IT job market is on the rise again.
THE COMMUNITY: Motorola gives firefighters' families a lift
Motorola Inc. recently donated $1 million to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to fund the Paul Sarbanes Scholarship program and other activities.
PACKET RAT: Search and ye shall be found
'It's getting to the point that I need a search engine to keep track of all the search sites,' the Rat railed recently to one of his underlings. 'Everybody's trying to be a Google'or get bought by them.'
People on the move
<b>Pedro Cadenas Jr.</b> is the Veterans Affairs Department's new acting deputy CIO and acting deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Information Technology.
Agencies stalled on intelligence info sharing, GAO report says
Counterterrorism information sharing among agencies remains fragmented and haphazard, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
Labor's deal could prove financial LOB's worth
The theory behind the Financial Management Line of Business Consolidation initiative is that an agency could outsource, at a minimum, the hosting of its hardware and software, save money and focus on its core mission. But until now, a major agency had yet to prove this premise.
OPM to issue RFP for private-sector HR providers
An interagency task force led by the Office of Personnel Management will put interested private-sector providers through the same paces for human resources management as it did for agencies to qualify as centers of excellence under the HR Line of Business Consolidation.
OFPP developing emergency contracting database
Robert Burton, acting Office of Federal Procurement Policy administrator, said the Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration are collecting information on existing contracts that agencies could tap to buy products and services in an emergency.
GSA closes in on SmartBuy deal with Telos
The General Services Administration has announced it is close to an enterprisewide software deal with Telos Corp. of Ashburn, Va., for information assurance and automated message-handling system products.
Has the Defense Travel System arrived?
The Defense Department's online travel booking system is on track to reach 11,000 sites with a capability to scale to 3.2 million users by the time it becomes fully operational in September.
GSA lab is ready for HSPD-12 product testing
The General Services Administration's lab is ready to test six categories of vendor products for interoperability under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.
XBRL could make A-123 reports easier
Federal financial and IT executives risk falling behind their commercial-sector counterparts by being slow to develop the use of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) in their financial-reporting systems.
OMB makes a bid for best value
The Office of Management and Budget's renewed offensive to promote competitive sourcing is taking a page out of the e-government playbook.
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