White House threatens veto over provisions of Defense authorization act
Senior advisers may recommend the president veto the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2006 over provisions related to terrorist detainee operations.
Another peach falls from the tree
VA issues "Peaches 3" solicitation notice for its IT contracting vehicle - the third generation of its popular contract that has saved the agency millions.
Government wants long-lasting disks
A federal data preservation working group has found that government agencies would like their recordable optical disks to last at least 40 years, if not longer.
Congressman raps DHS personnel technology contract
The ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee takes issue with DHS' award of a blanket purchase agreement for the agency's $175 million MaxHR project.
Senate drops restrictive e-gov language from spending bill
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee did not follow the House's lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.
The lowdown on storage management software
<b>What is it?</b> Storage management software covers a gamut of functionality, from disaster recovery, to storage provisioning, to backup monitoring.
Making sense of storage
Storage management software has traditionally focused on helping agencies use networked storage wisely by avoiding waste and maximizing availability for mission-critical applications.
Write on this: Tablet PCs grow up
At Comdex 2001, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates predicted that by 2005, tablet PCs would be so popular they would outstrip notebook sales and possibly even compete with desktops.
Senate committee approves combined health IT bill
Lawmakers today approved out of committee a health IT bill that combines the features of two similar pieces of legislation that had attracted wide bipartisan support.
With wireless, it's good to learn from others
You could find worse places in the world to start a wireless technology proving ground than Hawaii's beautiful Big Island.
USAF taps Boeing for upgrades on 25 more C-17 aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing Co. a contract modification to upgrade 25 additional C-17 Globemaster IIIs with the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures defensive system.
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Another View: Transition'job opportunities on the horizon
The next five years will offer substantial career transition options for federal workers.
Jim Goodnight | Intelligence apps look to future
It's no surprise that SAS Institute Inc., the world's largest privately held software company, makes its home in Cary, N.C. With headquarters so near three of the state's top universities'Duke University, North Carolina State University in Raleigh and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill'the company has its pick of math and computer science graduates.
Army plans new command to integrate logistics
Logistics has always been a chink in the Army's armor.
VA names Wooten to head enterprise program management office
The Veterans Affairs Department today named David Wooten, a retired Navy aviator and senior program manager, to direct its new enterprise program management office.
Technology issues figure in DHS spending bill conference
House and Senate conferees are poised to iron out significant technology issues in the chambers' differing versions of the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill for fiscal 2006 and the Bush administration's proposed budget.
Clark to step down as naval operations chief; Mullen is successor
Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of naval operations who has long been an advocate for transformational weapons systems and integrating Navy information systems with the other services, is retiring.
NARA's e-records project on track for August award, GAO says
Everything is falling into place as the deadline nears for the National Archives and Records Administration to decide whether Harris Corp. or Lockheed Martin Corp. will run the Electronic Records Archive system, according to the Government Accountability Office.
DOD bulks up supercomputing power
The Defense Department has purchased a new supercomputer to handle large jobs such as designing weapons and running large simulation programs.
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