EDITOR'S DESK: Sign of progress
The federal government's $64 billion portfolio of IT investments, proposed in the 2007 fiscal budget, reflects perhaps more than any budget before it the administration's efforts to make information technology a new-age utility.
Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy: FOIA order a mere specter of reform
There is little evidence that FOIA reform legislation is on a fast track, although you never know what might show up in ethics reform legislation.
FBI denies Sentinel system is late, over budget
The FBI has gone out of its way to rebut charges that the fledgling Sentinel case management program is delayed and over budget.
Dave Combs | Enterprise efforts are in tune at USDA
Agriculture CIO Dave Combs, who took the reins last summer, has had a career as varied as USDA's business lines.
Incoming
The Defense Department's High Performance Computing Modernization Program has purchased five computer clusters from Linux Networx of Salt Lake City.
Agile Lion delivers data to the front lines
The Marines have successfully tested an innovative, ad hoc network that connects ground controllers, pilots and troops on the ground, providing real-time digital video and other data.
NOAA data center support deal goes to STG
Under the five-year, $25 million deal, STG Inc. will operate and maintain the National Climatic Data Center's IT infrastructure and conduct scientific analyses in support of the center's climatic research.
Coast Guard taps General Dynamics unit for IT support
General Dynamics Network Systems will provide IT services required to install Small Ship Electronic Support Measures on seven Coast Guard cutters at locations throughout the United States.
EPA initiates A-76 competition for database services
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched an analysis into whether program database management services currently performed by government employees at its San Francisco office should be turned over to the private sector to reduce costs.
GSA's Horan calls it a career after 32 years
Tom Horan, acting deputy associate administrator in the General Services Administration's Office of Governmentwide Policy, will step down at the end of April.
Army battlefield intelligence work to be done by ManTech
ManTech will provide the Army's Product Director Intelligence Fusion projects office with support services for fusion products being developed, fielded and transitioned to Army units for tactical and strategic use.
Industry group announces new animal ID database
The U.S. Animal Identification Organization will run a Web-based system that can track animals and help avert crises.
Navy awards program management work to Anteon
Anteon International Inc. has won a five-year, $15.8 million contract to provide program management and engineering services to two Navy offices.
Navy, Raytheon in pact for submarine satellite communications
Under a $35.9 million contract with the Navy, Raytheon will deliver 15 Submarine High Data Rate multiband satellite communications systems.
Feds showed e-Gov progress during '05 hurricane season
Federal agencies made use of a number of e-government initiatives in the wake of Hurricane Katrina last year, demonstrating their ability to find and provide information and services electronically and more efficiently.
Panel: VOIP should change agency practices
Agencies adopting voice over IP should see it as a technology that enables new ways of thinking, according to panelists speaking today at a conference.
DHS wireless experiment takes to orbit
A Homeland Security Department experiment testing wireless communications and infrastructure is moving into a new phase, said Douglas Maughan, the project's program manager at the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency.
GSA updates Congress on its reorganization plan
The General Services Administration has briefed Congress again on its reorganization plan that calls for a merger of the Federal Supply and Federal Technology services into a new Federal Acquisition Service.
Coach2100 offers new twist on information sharing
Collaboration tool could aid homeland security efforts
Labor, Microsoft unveil adult computer literacy campaign
The Labor Department is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to develop a new two-year initiative to train and educate underserved adults in computer and IT skills.
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