Transportation CFO selected to be nation's controller
President Bush has nominated Linda Combs to be controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management at the Office of Management and Budget.
OMB picks 14 experts for acquisition panel
Fourteen well-known and highly regarded acquisition experts will hold the first meeting of the Services Acquisition Advisory Panel Feb. 9 in Washington.
Sen. Ensign to head new technology subcommittee
Nevada Republican John Ensign is named chairman of the Senate's new Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness Subcommittee.
Navy awards $762m test-center contract
The Navy has awarded a $762 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. for operations and maintenance of the Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center.
GSA taps Murphy to be chief acquisition officer
Emily Murphy joins GSA amid the Get It Right Campaign to clean up contracting irregularities, and the reorganization of FTS and FSS.
BlackBerry eases the burden of sending secure messages
Research in Motion Ltd. has integrated a secure messaging server to simplify the task of sending sensitive messages from its handheld devices.
Critics take shots at net-centric warfare planning
Some insurgents in Iraq used network-centric warfare better than the U.S. military did, according to a panelist at the AFCEA West 2005 conference.
SAIC says FBI should deploy its case management system
Science Applications International Corp. said Tuesday that it has urged the FBI to fully deploy the Virtual Case File case management system.
Inside UML Version 2.0
The Unified Modeling Language is a visual modeling language used for creating maps of complex systems.
System architects get new tool for their EA efforts
The most recent version of the Unified Modeling Language, which IT managers and enterprise architects use to model applications, data structures and business processes, will allow agencies to tie together system models more easily, even blend the business and technical parts of their EAs.
New features ease BPM planning
Installing business process management software is just one part of setting up an enterprisewide workflow.
Cebrowski steps down from his job as Defense transformation czar
DOD has lost its chief champion for change with the retirement of Arthur K. Cebrowski as director force transformation.
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@Info.Policy: Will privacy officers really protect privacy?
Did Congress need to mandate the creation of chief privacy officers in agencies?
Lockheed Martin wins $1.9 billion A-76 competition at FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected Lockheed Martin to take over automated flight services following an OMB A-76 review.
OPM, Education take action on diploma mills
Several agencies are taking steps to educate the public and employers about the problem of employees holding fake degrees from unaccredited schools.
Geosystem of systems gets boost
The tsunami has "moved Earth observations out of the science realm and into the policy realm" where funding chances are better, NOAA deputy chief Jack Kelly says.
EDITOR'S DESK: PC abandonment is no surprise, yet sad
No one should be surprised that IBM Corp. is trying to unload its PC business to a company in China, but that doesn't mean it's not sad.
Major programs within the Coast Guard
The Coast Guard's modernization project is scheduled to run for 25 years and cost $17 billion.
IT systems paint detailed picture of U.S. waterways
The Coast Guard is deploying a sophisticated array of information systems to achieve what it calls 'maritime domain awareness''a comprehensive portrait of the nation's coasts and waterways.
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