FBI readies rollout of data exchange
NEW ORLEANS'The FBI is poised to expand its Regional Data Exchange program from a pilot in the St. Louis area that began in February to a Seattle version set to launch August 1'and then to more than a dozen other cities in the following months.
Navy awards task order for ONE-NET IT support
The Navy has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a $75 million task order for IT support services for its Outside the Continental United States Navy Enterprise Network in the Far East.
Health IT czar urges quick standards development
The national health IT czar says development of interoperability standards will spark demand for electronic health records.
Protest puts FedBizOpps upgrade in limbo
Two bidders claiming the General Services Administration unfairly evaluated their bids for the right to upgrade FedBizOpps.gov could be facing an uphill battle, according to a procurement expert.
Data sharing makes Southeast better prepared
Technology for hurricane preparedness has forged ahead in recent months at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Region IV office in Atlanta, which covers the hurricane-prone Southeastern coastal states as well as the rest of the South.
EA payoff expected in 2007 budget plans
For most agencies, the time is now for their enterprise architectures to pay off.
Ready for the storm
A year ago, federal officials thought their IT systems were stout enough to cope with data demands brought on by the torrent of hurricanes expected to hit the Atlantic seaboard.
The lowdown on ERM
<b>Who certifies ERM systems for use in government?</b> NARA has endorsed the Defense Department's 5015.2 standard for records management applications.
Everything's on the record
As the business of government, like that of the rest of the world, is increasingly done digitally, the task of managing official records becomes increasingly important.
House follows committee's lead on DOD, cuts FCS
The House has signed off on a $408 billion Defense budget that makes significant cuts to key transformational programs across the department.
Dual-core? What dual-core?
In the next few weeks lots will be written about the new dual-core systems.
White House threatens veto over anti-PMA appropriations language
Advisers may recommend President Bush veto the Transportation, Treasury, HUD, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia and Independent Agencies fiscal 2006 appropriations bill if it includes a provision that restricts the use of discretionary funds for e-government projects.
GSA adds Lee to FAS team
The General Services Administration named Deidre Lee as the assistant commissioner of the new Federal Acquisition Service's Integrated Technology Services.
Boutelle: Army warfighting, business mission areas must be interoperable
The leaders of the Army's nine warfighting and business mission areas must prove programs within their domains are interoperable or those programs will be cut, said CIO Steven Boutelle.
Air Force turns to Anteon for software support
Under the contract Anteon will design, develop and test the embedded software and hardware of the Air Force's weapon systems platforms.
FRTIB's Stiffler to step down
After 35 years in government, Larry Stiffler, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board's director of automated systems, will retire July 1.
OMB: Agencies to implement IPv6 by June 2008
The Office of Management and Budget plans to set a deadline of June 2008 for all government agencies to transition their network backbones to IP Version 6. Once network backbones are running the new protocols, applications and connecting networks will be brought up to date.
2006: Flat funding, with strings attached
Lawmakers are applying additional restrictions and greater oversight on large IT and e-government projects in the fiscal 2006 agency spending bills making their way through Congress.
FAA awards contract to SRA for financial management work
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a six-year, $97 million contract to SRA International Inc. to provide technical support for the agency's Financial Management Line of Business Center of Excellence, the company announced.
OMB: IPv6 by June 2008
The federal government will transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) by June 2008, said Karen Evans, Office of Management Budget administrator for e-government and information technology.
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