OMB looks to the next cycle
The fiscal 2005 budget proposal had barely come off Government Printing Office presses before the administration's IT team was looking ahead to 2006.
How major IT projects made out, by agency
Agriculture Department'USDA would get $46 million for increased testing and surveillance and development of an animal identification system to protect the food supply from mad cow disease. The system will include radio frequency ID tags for animals and databases for animal and facilities identification.
Some security analysts cast a 'no' vote on Defense's online absentee voting system
Security analysts who evaluated Defense Department plans are deeply split on the advisability of online absentee voting for the fall presidential election.A minority report from a third-party review board concluded that the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment's Internet voting will invite 'hackers or even terrorists to interfere with fair and accurate voting.'
Huge troop shuffle will strain logistics systems
The U.S. military will replace more than 250,000 troops in Iraq over the next four months, a movement that will be the largest since World War II and pose a challenge to Defense Department IT.
Flash: Software wings its way to Mars rovers
NASA's twin Mars rovers have been receiving medicinal shots of software over the agency's Deep Space Network.
GAO finishing up degrees audit
The General Accounting Office within weeks will reveal what Capitol Hill insiders suggest are damning findings from an investigation into federal employees' use of bogus degrees.
DHS seeks vendor for secure network
The Homeland Security Department is soliciting vendors on the General Services Administration's Millennia contract to build and run the Homeland Secure Data Network, a secret network for intra-agency communication.
OPM prepares to expand online learning
The Office of Personnel Management soon will release a request for proposals for online training services for its E-Learning project.
FirstGov's FAST search engine to get faster
To speed responses to FirstGov site visitors, the General Services Administration will update the portal's search engine software from Fast Search & Transfer, a Norwegian vendor with U.S. headquarters in Boston.
Pentagon taps EMC to help with renovation
The Pentagon Renovation Program will buy $40 million worth of networked storage and business continuity software under a firm, fixed-price contract with EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass.
NIST releases draft guide on authentication
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking public comments on draft recommendations for electronic authentication.NIST Special Publication 800-63 follows guidelines from the Office of Management and Budget defining four levels of authentication assurance for federal IT systems. To read the NIST draft, go to <a href= "http://www.gcn.com">www.gcn.com</a> and enter 191 in the Quickfind search box.
Gateway goes for low-end PC sales in govt.
Gateway Inc.'s acquisition of eMachines Inc. could slash the government's desktop client price tag to $500 or $600, predicted Jocelyn Attal, Gateway's public-sector executive vice president.
Virginia libraries will stamp out their ink stamps
The thud of ink-stamping will soon vanish from public libraries in Fairfax County, Va. Instead patrons will receive receipts listing each checked-out item with its due date.
NSF's TeraGrid network is off and running
The National Science Foundation's distributed TeraGrid has gone into production mode with about a dozen teams using it to study groundwater pollution, the dynamics of biological molecules and the universe's evolution.
President Bush's 2005 proposal would amount to 1 percent bump
The startlingly small 1 percent increase for IT funding outlined in President Bush's fiscal 2005 budget proposal illustrates that agencies are heeding the administration's call to closely mesh systems and mission requirements.
DHS systems set to get spending raise
'When you are preparing a budget, nothing helps more than getting a raise,' Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge says. While President Bush's fiscal 2005 budget proposal calls for flat or nearly flat spending on IT, the Homeland Security Department is one of the few agencies tapped to receive major bumps for IT projects.
Export-Import Bank selects new CIO
Fernanda Young, CIO of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will become the next CIO at The Export-Import Bank.<br>
Clark: The future of the Navy lies in integration
The chief of Naval Operations foresees a Navy that needs fewer people to accomplish its mission as it relies more on speed and agility.<br>
OMB: E-Gov cooperation starts right here
Tad Anderson, OMB's associate administrator for e-government and IT, said his office must communicate better with Congress about the benefits of the IT reform agenda.<br>
Online extra: Defense budget focuses on transformation
Budget plan places a strong emphasis on science, technology, readiness and training.
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