OFPP sees ways to improve buying
It took 387 days for the Senate to confirm David Safavian as head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Information suite has four-star beta tester
The new Joint Systems Integration Command in Suffolk, Va., has 160 computer and communications engineers working on 'near-term insertion, within one year' of prototypes to close technology gaps in the field.
DOD supply app to manage medical supplies on the battlefield
Doctors serving wounded and sick soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq should get the medical supplies they need thanks to a new feature the Defense Department is developing for its medical supplies support application.
Onboard system gives Marines a grip on their fleet
Managing 2,200 light vehicles for the Marine Corps' Southwest Region Fleet Transportation is a major effort.
New HUD IT chief to start Monday
DOT's Lisa Schlosser will take over as CIO for the Housing and Urban Development Department on Monday.
OPM to rate agencies' IT training
The Office of Personnel Management tells agencies it will start tracking their success training IT employees.
OPM launches one-stop hiring site
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to make the hiring process a little easier for agencies by including all information on a single Web site.
CIOs need to get behind telework, GSA says
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED)</font color> Agency CIOs are partly to blame for only about 100,000 of 750,000 eligible feds teleworking at least one day a week, GSA deputy administrator David Bibb says.
CIOs, FTS, FSS among areas GSA is looking to restructure
GSA is evaluating whether it needs separate CIOs in each of its three services and headquarters and how it could consolidate their IT systems.
OMB report leads union to question why feds can't improve without A-76 competitions
Federal employees won 91 percent of all competitions with the private sector for agency commercial positions in fiscal 2004, according to a recent report.
Defense projects lead 25 finalists for Excellence.gov awards
Seven projects run by military agencies are among the 25 finalists for the Excellence.gov awards.
Federal GIS users want better GPS fit
A survey of registrants for an ESRI user conference found their top concerns are GIS interoperability, data standards and policies for sharing geospatial information.
Defense lists top 100 contractors for 2004
Who were the top three? Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.
Report: Government IT workers near retirement in droves
A new study shows that the percentage of government workers nearing retirement age will increase dramatically during the next several years.
Defense gets new biometrics coordinator
Joseph Guzman has joined the Defense Department's Biometric Management Office to lead policy implementation, strategic planning and stakeholder coordination.
CMS proposes e-prescribing standards
Electronic prescribing lets physicians digitally transmit prescriptions to pharmacies and obtain drug plan eligibility information.
Lines of Business consolidation may limit small agencies' choices
USAID among the smaller agencies that fear they will have no leverage with shared service providers.
NKO protest upheld
<font color="CC000">(UPDATED)</font color> GAO this week upheld a protest by KEI Pearson Inc. of a contract award to Computer Sciences Corp. for work on the Navy Knowledge Online portal.
Cebrowski calls for economic shift in Defense
The Defense Department won't backtrack from its focus on network-centric warfare, Arthur Cebrowski predicted today at a Washington lunch
Former fed Alan Balutis joins market research firm
Former government IT executive Alan Balutis has joined IT market research firm Input as president of its strategies unit.
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