FAA gives go-ahead to RFID
Radio tech to aid cargo, baggage tracking.
Kilgallon to lead Army HR initiative
Army Lt. Col. John Kilgallon, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, was chosen to replace Lt. Col. Joseph Klumpp, who led the AHRS initiative for the last three years.
PACKET RAT: With Mac's new core, the world doesn't look the same
When the Rat heard the recent rumors that Apple Computer Inc. would be switching its systems to CPUs manufactured by Intel Corp., he was convinced that someone had been playing too much in their reality distortion field again.
The community: Fund drive
Tourney participants warm up before the First Annual Bethesda AFCEA Golf Tournament this month in Reston, Va. The event, sponsored by the Bethesda, Md., chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, drew about 110 participants and took in more than $26,000 for the chapter's scholarship fund.
'Did you hear...'
<b>Nine-tenths of the law</b>. The GSA Schedule's got nothing on Jakarta. Indonesia, where an estimated 87 percent of software on the market last year was pirated, reportedly has worked out a deal with Microsoft Corp. that will 'legalize' pirated Windows programs on up to 50,000 government computers for a dollar each.
Army wants to go big with Small Computer Program
The Army plans to flex its IT purchasing muscle at the start of fiscal 2006 by using bundled purchases to get IT hardware products at reduced rates.
What they're saying about the Clinger-Cohen Act
'Kicking and screaming, we managed to bring procurement policy out of the 19th century into the 20th century.
10 and counting
Although it looks a little like a prayer book, the small purple paperback that Glenn Schlarman keeps on his bedside table offers guidance of a more secular sort. It's a copy of the Clinger-Cohen Act, the landmark legislation that ushered in the era of the CIO and set the stage for performance-based management for government IT.
Pentagon maps out new policies for WiFi, satellite use
The Defense Department will soon roll out a new wireless policy based largely on the 802.11i standard promulgated by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, according to the Pentagon's chief wireless communications policy leader.
DOD promises to follow the rules on business modernization approval
The Government Accountability Office has put the Defense Department's problematic Business Management Modernization Program on its high-risk list for the last 10 years partly because of Defense agencies' reluctance to ensure projects abide by DOD's Business Enterprise Architecture.
People on the move
The Defense Department has named <b>Bradley M. Berkson</b> as its new director for program analysis and evaluation.
Hill investigators dispute FBI's technology skills
The FBI has parried a jab from congressional investigators, who charged that it is bungling its latest case management software project, by holding a press conference to defend itself.
Telecommuting penalty could be extended
NASA and the National Science Foundation could join the departments of Commerce, Justice and State as agencies that could lose funding if they don't meet a federal telecommuting mandate.
OMB says A-76 will save $1.4b over five years
Public-private competitions for agency IT positions garnered expected savings of more than $36,000 per position studied in fiscal 2004, according to the administration's latest report to Congress on competitive sourcing.
OMB issues draft changes to federal EA
The Office of Management and Budget has given agencies a jump-start in compiling their fiscal 2007 budget requests.
GSA plans to issue Alliant RFPs in August
The request for proposals for the 10-year, $65 billion Alliant contracts for governmentwide IT services will be issued in August, according to Neal Fox, the General Services Administration's assistant commissioner for commercial acquisitions at the agency's Federal Supply Service.
As times changed, so did FSS
Donna Bennett, commissioner of the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service, earlier this month announced she would retire from government after 35 years, the last 21 at GSA. Bennett has the distinction of being the last FSS commissioner'a position she has held for the past five years.
GSA's realignment marks next step in consolidation
The surge of consolidation sweeping through government peaked this past month with the release of the General Services Administration's draft reorganization strategy.
Lawmakers want to codify HHS' health IT efforts
Members of Congress have jumped on the health IT bandwagon by introducing several bills to boost the momentum for a national health information exchange.
HHS lays foundation for health IT network
The Health and Human Services Department has given the move toward a national health information network the push many people in government and industry have been waiting for.
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