Capitol architect signs 10-year services contract
Avue Technologies Corp. has sold its workforce management services to the Architect of the Capitol in a 10-year deal worth more than $30 million.
Military health records contract awarded
The Department of Defense's Theater Medical Information Program awards contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. for software applications.
Packet Rat: In the big city, bandwidth is there for the taking
The whiskered one headed to New York over the weekend, staying with a cousin while he prepared for a site survey of his agency's Manhattan field office. But his plans got sidetracked on Sunday night when his bandwidth suddenly ground to a halt.
Personal space: Pitching lineup
Each season, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration LAN manager Carl Karlburg and his wife host players for the Bowie, Md., AA team. Here with Sendy Rleal (35), Denny Bautista (34) and Daniel Cabrera (40), who has since moved up to the Baltimore Orioles. Karlburg says, 'They use our kitchen and laundry, and we get some insight into the inner workings of baseball.'
Panel takes a wide view of acquisition policies
Federal acquisitions are moving more toward governmentwide contracts, which was the topic du jour recently at an informational breakfast in Bethesda, Md., hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Bethesda chapter.
People on the Move
Dr. David Brailer is the nation's first National Health IT Coordinator. President Bush recently created the position at the Health and Human Services Department to accelerate federal efforts to adopt health technology such as electronic prescriptions and health records.
IRS will put business rules engine to the test
The IRS this summer will test the business rules engine that will power its long-awaited taxpayer database, and it plans to implement the software in 2006.
Davis introduces new acquisition reform legislation
Following up on his work last year to reform the federal procurement system, Rep. Tom Davis recently introduced the Acquisition System Improvement Act.The bill combines elements of the Services Acquisition Reform Act, which did not make it into law last year, with new contracting initiatives.
Sensor-laden plane to watch convoy routes in Iraq for ambushes, bombs
Troops in Iraq might soon have a new digital eye in the sky to warn them of deadly roadside ambushes or other attacks. An unmanned aerial vehicle developed for commercial use by Insitu Group Inc. of Bingen, Wash., is being adapted for use in Iraq by Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems unit.
FBI overhauls Virtual Case File contract
The FBI's new CIO is looking for a new deal on the bureau's systems modernization project.Zalmai Azmi, who had been acting CIO, said the bureau is renegotiating its contract with Science Applications International Corp. to resolve differences over the future of the Virtual Case File, a major piece of the Trilogy modernization program.
Agriculture software to better manage conservation lands
Web-based software will more efficiently rank offers based on environmental benefits and cost, calculate payment rates and eligibility determinations.
DOD agrees to negotiate GSA SmartBuy deal
The Defense Department has answered the General Services Administration's call for help in lining up deals for its slow-moving enterprise software licensing program, known as SmartBuy.
Treasury asks industry for next-generation network
The Treasury Department has released a request for proposals for the Treasury Communications Enterprise, its next-generation enterprise network to enhance communications services from Northrop Grumman Corp., whose contract is set to expire in September 2005. The 10-year contract could be worth $3 billion if all options are exercised.
OMB to make biz cases a bit easier
Agencies working on their IT business cases for the 2006 budget will, for the first time in five years, get to follow a familiar format.
TSA's Schambach is leaving
Transportation Security Administration CIO Patrick Schambach earlier this month informed his staff that he will leave the federal government May 31.TSA's leaders have not yet decided who will succeed Schambach, according to an official in his office.
DHS delays $5b systems procurement
The Homeland Security Department has put the $5 billion, five-year Security Planning and Integrated Resources for Information Technology procurement on hold.
HHS app for preventive care runs on PDAs
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is making available a clinical application for personal digital assistants for doctors and other health care providers.
DARPA on the hunt for terabit optical routers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts worth $6.3 million to a second team of researchers in its quest for a 100-Tbps, all-optical router.
New notebooks using Intel's hot new processor
Notebook computer vendors this month began announcing updates of their lines with Intel Corp.'s new Pentium M processor, code-named Dothan.
Digital shuttle makes use of Web services
NASA Ames Research Center is combining visual imaging technology and Web services to create a virtual space shuttle.The Moffett Field, Calif., center is using Lattice3D software from Lattice Technology USA Inc. of Los Altos, Calif., for the Digital Shuttle Project. The knowledge management project combines 3-D engineering designs with metadata about changes made to the space shuttles over the past 23 years, so that the virtual orbiters reflect the way the shuttles were actually built.
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