Collins says she'll monitor GSA schedule effort
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has vowed to keep a close eye on the General Services Administration as it works to resolve long-standing problems in Federal Supply Service contract practices re-vealed by the Government Accountability Office.
NASA global-view program sparks 6 million downloads
A NASA planetary visualization program that lets users zoom in to anywhere on Earth has proved to be a hit with the public.
Payments efforts get own PMA scorecard
To give its push to reduce improper payments more focus, the Bush administration began rating reduction efforts on its last scorecard for the President's Management Agenda.
OMB to agencies: Bump up IT use to get control of payments
On any given workday, common payment processing mistakes cost the government a fortune in improper payments'adding up to $45.1 billion last year alone.
SARA implementation slow, GAO says
The administration's commitment to helping contracting officers meet those demands is tepid, according the latest report from the Government Accountability Office.
Lockheed eyes Los Alamos lab job
Lockheed Martin Corp. has re-entered the competition to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory federal nuclear-weapons lab in New Mexico.
Covers protect Army keyboards
The Stryker Brigade deployed in Iraq had to relearn a lesson from the Gulf War to make an inexpensive investment in sand-proof keyboard covers.
Marines want proof before switching to Defense HR system
The Marine Corps will not migrate to the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System until DOD can prove it's better than what the Corps already uses.
Stryker radios, cameras blasted
Digital radios fieled withe Army's next-generation Stryker brigade in Iraq had a limited utiltity while commercial digital cameras used by the brigade had better resolution tha UAV imagery.
DISA official departs for industry job
Betsy Appleby, the Defense Department's former Net-Centric Enterprise Services program director, has left government for the public sector.
The lowdown on antivirus software
<b>What is it?</b> Antivirus software scans your system for various kinds of malware, such as viruses, Trojan horses and worms.
Massive federal wireless project delayed
The government has advised prospective vendors that it has delayed its schedule and changed its requirements for a multibillion-dollar wireless makeover.
GSA releases RFI for new FirstGov search engine
The General Services Administration earlier this week released a request for information on ways to improve the much-criticized Web portal.
CMS awards contracts to track incorrect Medicare payments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have awarded several contracts to identify and collect Medicare overpayments.
Poor planning undercuts info sharing, DHS official says
A lack of clear strategies and concepts of operation is holding up progress on information sharing, DHS's Martin Smith writes in a new report.
GSA plans industry day on reorganization
The General Services Administration is planning an industry day to discuss the agency's reorganization plans, GSA executives said yesterday
Former DHS official joins IT company
Mark J. Emery, former deputy CIO of the Homeland Security Department, has joined PEC Solutions Inc. as vice president of the Managed Services Division.
GSA to issue draft requests for Alliant
The General Services Administration will on Thursday issue the draft requests for proposals for its multibillion-dollar Alliant IT service contracts.
Eye in the sky (or on the floor)
Remington Arms Co. Inc. of Madison, N.C., is launching a new technology division with a ruggedized surveillance camera that can be tossed into dangerous areas to give police real-time video and audio.
Also this week at FOSE...
Cisco Systems will demonstrate a pair of continuity-of-operations products that the company says is aimed at addressing Federal Preparedness Circular 65. Cisco's VirtualCOOP and MeetingPlace Crisis Management products are designed to keep agencies running in the event of a disaster.
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