Army, Air Force exchange to be modernized
A global merchandising system used by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service will be getting an upgrade from Accenture Ltd.The company announced earlier this month it received a $10 million contract to modernize the exchange service, which sells products and services to more than 11.5 million customers in its retail stores in 50 states, 35 countries and five territories. The service also sells to military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Congress mulls new rules on diplomas
After two days of testimony last week about federal workers' use of diploma mills, lawmakers must decide whether to adrress the problem with new administration rules or through legislation.
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<b>Testing, testing</b>. The Defense Department has formed a Test and Evaluation Biometric Working Group to push best practices for biometric testing and evaluation.
OPM opens bidding for e-learning services
Request for proposals to expand the vendors who can provide online learning services has been in the works since early 2003.
Auditors warn of delays, overruns in Customs system
The Homeland Security Department's massive new system for processing import-export data faces continuing cost and scheduling problems, the General Accounting Office said today.<br>
@Info.Policy: To name or not to name? That is the question
Should names of federal employees be protected from public disclosure on privacy grounds? The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently sustained withholding, under the Freedom of Information Act, the names of IRS employees involved in an audit of a nonprofit association.
Itronix portables handle Air Force jet maintenance
The Air Force is buying about 1,000 rugged Itronix Corp. wireless portable PCs for flight maintenance services at 50 bases.
NIST's advanced technology grants could cease
As budget-cutters work over the fiscal 2005 request, the Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program could get the ax.
Some designers see Linux and robots as a good match
The teams that wrote their DARPA Grand Challenge software from scratch undertook quite a programming task on a short schedule.
Robot racers
Although no contestant reached the eight-mile marker in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's first self-navigating vehicle race, DARPA still judged the recent event a success.
VOIP can save money, time
Voice over IP conversations used to seem like talking through a pair of coffee cans connected by a string.The last time the GCN Lab tested VOIP, we found that IP phones with browsing capability operated at a snail's pace and sometimes crashed. Connections sounded distorted at both ends. Service took a long time to set up. And when we placed an international call with '911' in the middle of the string, the call was forwarded to the police.
The lowdown on PDAs
<b>What's new this year?</b> Consolidation seems to be a trend: PalmOne bought Handspring last year, and some models were eliminated, but Handspring's Treo communicator phone/PDA remains.
Like a glove
Handheld computing is in a state of flux, as the makers of some personal digital assistants add features while others branch into combos that include phones, cameras and other goodies.
Editorial Cartoon
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You may feel at times that the federal government doesn't really like you. But it does like your pet. The Agriculture Department since 1996 has sponsored the Missing Pet Network at <a href= "http://www.missingpet.net">www.missingpet.net</a>.
Techscape: The coming collapse in IT services spending
The main purpose of IT is to reduce labor costs by automating processes, but the bulk of the government's IT budget goes to labor'not hardware and software.
TSA's Schambach joins PEC Solutions
Patrick Schambach, the outgoing Transportation Security Administration CIO, will join PEC Solutions Inc. as general manager.
Defense IPv6 consultant hired
The Defense Information Systems Agency has hired SI International Inc. to help define and develop solutions for the Internet Protocol version 6 Transition Office.
Online Extra: Privacy officer looks to unify agencies' approach
Nuala O'Connor Kelly is the first privacy officer of the Homeland Security Department.
Online Extra: DHS tries to balance terrorism watch with privacy protection
The Homeland Security Department has perhaps the most difficult balancing act among federal agencies, trying to mine information for clues about potential terrorists while ensuring personal privacy.
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