Iraq war demands faster software deployment
'Five-year development cycles won't hack it with this kind of enemy,' a senior Defense official says of the challenge DOD faces in Iraq in relation to the time it takes to field new systems.
Bush's choice to replace Carlin raises concerns
After almost nine years as archivist of the United States, John Carlin will step down as soon as the Senate confirms Allen Weinstein, President Bush's choice to become the ninth archivist.
Competitive telecom services now available under WITS 2001
GSA has approved the first crossover to provide government users with competitive services in the Washington area.
GSA issues RFI for next e-gov projects
The General Services Administration seeks ideas on how government can better integrate the systems and services that support financial, grants and human resources management.<br>
DISA adds fiber-optic vendors for GIG-BE
The Defense Information Systems Agency has added three vendors to the fiber-optic portion of the $900 million Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program.<br>
SBA's CIO takes on broader management role
CIO Stephen Galvan recently took on the additional role of the agency's chief operating officer, which gives him added access to top bosses at SBA.<br>
Defense'at last'issues wireless policy
DOD has released its long-awaited wireless policy, making it mandatory for all Defense personnel, contractors and even visitors entering department facilities to encrypt unclassified information transmitted wirelessly.
GAO: Project Safecom going nowhere fast
An initiative to improve communications among first responders at the federal, state and local levels 'has made very limited progress,' according to a GAO report released today.<br>
Quickfind link: OPM revisits USAJobs buy
Here are links to GCN and GCN.com stories on USAJobs.
Group donates Internet gear to troops in Iraq
The Army has accepted about $5 million worth of donated equipment and services to provide Internet links for ground troops in Iraq.<br>
Personal space: Lab tested
'I like the dogs because they protect me'they're security'and they don't give away secrets,' says Nuala O'Connor Kelly, chief privacy officer at the Homeland Security Department. Her two-and-a-half-year-old Labrador retrievers Earl, left, and Elie are named after the Royal Burgh of Elie and Earlsferry in Fife, Scotland, where Kelly was married.
Packet Rat: One good outage deserves another
Monday morning, the Rat rolled into the office on his urban assault mountain bike, cranking tunes on his iPod. The cherry blossoms were in bloom, spring was in swing and the whiskered one was determined to start the season with a fresh, positive attitude.
Five feds among HPCwire's people to keep an eye on
A high-performance computing official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, two at the Defense Department and two at the Energy Department are among the 17 who made HPCwire's new Watch List for HPC. HPCwire is a weekly electronic publication devoted to high-performance computing. Its list of 'people and organizations in HPC to keep an eye on' included:
Agency chiefs confer on 2005 IT budget
Federal and industry officials looked ahead to the 2005 federal IT budget recently at a conference in McLean, Va., hosted by Federal Sources Inc.
Review finds more GSA contracting problems
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The ongoing saga of contracting troubles at the General Services Administration's regional offices has taken another turn for the worse.<br>
People on the Move
The Education Department recently named <b>Susan Patrick</b> director of the Office of Educational Technology. Patrick has served as acting director since Feb. 2, when she replaced former director <b>John Bailey</b>, who left to join President Bush's re-election campaign.
State gives history to NARA on CDs
On April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, the State Department and the National Archives and Records Administration honored the nation's first secretary of State and archivist by making historical foreign affairs documents more easily accessible.
Full speed ahead at IRS or back to the drawing board?
The point-counterpoint arguments continued this month about whether the IRS and its contractor have succeeded in getting the agency's systems overhaul moving in the right direction.
E-Rulemaking goes for central system
The E-Rulemaking team has decided it isn't worth $60 million for agencies to keep their own docket systems and has settled on a centralized approach for a governmentwide online docket system.
OPM blinks, revisits USAJobs buy
After repeatedly ignoring the General Accounting Office's recommendations that it reopen its procurement for the Recruitment One-Stop project, the Office of Personnel Management finally got the message from Congress.
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