NMCI software test center's opening delayed
Legal and contractual obligations push back the opening of the NMCI Product Evaluation Center.
Big pipes for serious networkers at SuperComm
Convention hall features permanent 1Gbps connection to Internet2.
Web satisfaction scores rising
E-government achieves high citizen satisfaction ratings, according to recent survey results.
OMB initiates funding model for Grants.gov
Grants.gov will move from a development to a fee-for-service model to support the operation and maintenance phase of the Quicksilver initiative.
Online Extra: A checkup for Section 508
How much progress have we really seen on Section 508? The Section 508 electronic and IT accessibility amendment is the single most influential disability mandate since the Americans with Disabilities Act came into law in 1990. But how much has changed since Section 508's inception in June 2001?
Personal space: It's history now
Back in 1987, Argonne National Laboratory photographer Wes P. Agresta never dreamed his Kodachrome bug study would cause a media frenzy in 2004. 'A national news site posted it with incorrect credit to Argonne,' he says, 'but it's my own work. A cicada likes to be upside-down. I took it off a tree and put it back. The shot is rotated 180 degrees.'
Packet Rat: The Rat finds there's no escape from broadband
After a day cutting loose at the WiFi Planet conference this month, the Rat was feeling just a bit too connected.
On schedule
Agency buyers aren't the only ones who have to keep up with government procurement policy; contractors have to stay with the program, too. Both got the chance recently at a conference in Arlington, Va., held by the Coalition for Government Procurement, a Washington association of contractors on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule.
People on the Move
A pair of Quicksilver e-government projects will get new managers as they reach critical points of their development.The Small Business Administration has named <b>Justin Van Epp</b>s as interim project manager for its Business Gateway initiative. Van Epps replaces <b>Sandy Gibbs</b>, who left recently because of family responsibilities, said CIO and acting chief of staff <b>Stephen Galvan</b>.
Space Command salutes Section 508
At Air Force Space Command headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., there's an office for OPTN'Air Force lingo for 'operationalizing and professionalizing the network.' But the IT staff got no special Web training until last summer.
Online Extra: HHS grants go to health IT
Grants to urge the health care sector to integrate IT with patient treatment.
Army busy upgrading Iraq communications
Hundreds of Army civilian employees and contractors are in Iraq to upgrade satellite terminals for better security and transmission, install commercial hardware and software, and bring wireless technologies to the fight.
HHS adopts standards to speed health IT
Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson wants his department to implement electronic health records ahead of the president's 10-year goal.
Education almost ready on legit-college list
The Education Department within weeks will seek proposals for building a database of accredited colleges.
Justify time-and-materials contracts, OFPP says
Agencies will have to justify using time-and-materials contracts for commercial services, a senior administration procurement official has said.
Lights, camera, Emerge2!
Recent film spectacles have featured animated ogres and a global weather catastrophe. Now the Homeland Security Department's Emerge2 program has joined the summer movie season with its own entry, the Electronic Industry Day Event.
Procurement councils set rules for buying services
Policy clarifies the responsibilities of the ordering agency and the contracting agency.
Will the DHS financial system emerge, too?
Teams of contractors vying to develop the Homeland Security Department's integrated financial system, dubbed Emerge2, face a risky task.
Accenture contract in Bermuda triangle
The Homeland Security Department's multibillion-dollar contract with Accenture LLP of Reston, Va., to integrate the U.S. Visit virtual border system overcame a legislative hurdle last week.
Fattened spending plan would boost CIO's role
The House Appropriations Committee has cleared a $32 billion Homeland Security Department spending bill that conveys new line item budget authority and a stronger role for the department's CIO.
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