McFarland sworn in as Veterans CIO
Robert McFarland, a former Dell Inc. executive, became the Veterans Affairs Department's assistant secretary for information technology today.
Congress, OMB can't get it together
GAO says OMB needs to integrate its Performance Assessment Ratings Tool with agencies' annual Government Performance and Results Act reports.<br>
iSCSI good for agency storage ills
An industry association is touting the iSCSI interface as a low-cost way to jump into networked storage.<br>
eMachines buy means $500 PCs for agencies
Gateway Inc.'s acquisition of eMachines Inc. could slash the government's desktop client price tag to $500 or $600, a Gateway executive predicts.<br>
Wojciak to lead Government Reform staff
House Government Reform Committee staff member Melissa Wojciak will take over Monday as committee staff director, replacing Peter Sirh.<br>
GSA's Miller to join Robbins-Gioia
Emory Miller, the GSA's former director of professional development, will join Robbins-Gioia LLC as senior vice president for corporate development.<br>
Linux plus XP equals'faster boots
Microsoft Windows XP users who get bored waiting for their computers to boot up could speed things along with future technology coming from InterVideo Inc.<br>
GAO: Army Guard pay shorted by inadequate systems
Stovepiped systems have denied accurate and timely payroll payments to numerous Army National Guard personnel, according to a GAO report.<br>
Localities get PC recycling funds
The District of Columbia's public works department and 11 other localities will receive grants from Dell Inc. to organize and promote computer recycling.<br>
OPM gets to green on e-gov rating
The Office of Personnel Management has done what only one other agency has accomplished: reached e-government nirvana.
Budget to fund expanded biosurveillance
President Bush will ask for $274 million in his fiscal 2005 budget for expanded biosurveillance capabilities to strengthen the public health infrastructure and defend against bioterrorism.<br>
GSA offers free use of telecenters for 60 days
The General Services Administration again is trying to attract federal employees to use one of its 15 Washington metro area telework centers.<br>
Court may bare reports on Interior IT problems
The public may get a look at sanitized reports about the Interior Department's IT security problems, as a result of an order by a federal judge overseeing lengthy litigation over American Indian trust funds.<br>
More time needed to test software
Agencies are having a hard time meeting some of OMB's deadlines for migrating to e-government projects.<br>
New law limits offshoring of A-76 work
The catchall spending bill bars companies that win competitions to perform work done by federal employees from shifting the work to other countries.<br>
Harvard honors government's best and brightest
Ten federal programs were among the 50 best and brightest government projects named today as semifinalists for Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government awards for innovation.<br>
OMB's drafting a new architecture guide
The administration later this year will release a guide and best practices to measure how ingrained the systems blueprints are in agencies.<br>
Congress mulls making nips and tucks to comm law
Capitol Hill and FCC officials speaking at Comnet agree that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 needs a face-lift.
To nab terrorists, DHS will plumb trade data
To detect money laundering by terrorists, drug smugglers and other criminals, the Homeland Security Department will buy new tools to analyze trade data.<br>
AF goes digital to keep civilian employees in the loop
The Air Force has created a special IT team to get the word out as it implements the Defense Department's new human resource system for civilian personnel.<br>
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